Displeasance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Displeasure, dissatisfaction. obsolete, uncountable

    "Cordeill said she lou'd him, as behoou'd: / Whose simple answere, wanting colours faire / To paint it forth, him to displeasance moou'd […]"

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"Cordeill said she lou'd him, as behoou'd: / Whose simple answere, wanting colours faire / To paint it forth, him to displeasance moou'd […]"

Etymology

From Old French desplaisance.

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