"pleasable" meaning in English

See pleasable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more pleasable [comparative], most pleasable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English pleysable, from Old French plaisable; equivalent to please + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pleysable}} Middle English pleysable, {{der|en|fro|plaisable}} Old French plaisable, {{suffix|en|please|able}} please + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} pleasable (comparative more pleasable, superlative most pleasable)
  1. That may be pleased.
    Sense id: en-pleasable-en-adj-Xxznn2V8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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