Unplesaunt

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Not pleasing or agreeable to the senses, mind, or feelings, causing dislike or discomfort
2. Describing something disagreeable, offensive, or causing displeasure to those who experience it
3. Marked by discomfort, dislike, or unfriendliness, an older spelling of a word meaning disagreeable

Etymology: Its core is a verb meaning "to please." "Pleasant" came into English from Old French "plaisant," the present participle of "plaisir" ("to please"), which descends from Latin "placere." So "pleasant" originally described something that was in the act of pleasing, and only later came to mean simply agreeable. "Unpleasant" is "pleasant" with the negating prefix "un-," which English has used since Old English to reverse adjectives. The spelling "unplesaunt," with its dropped "r" and final "-aunt," is a Middle English form, reflecting how the Old French ending was pronounced and written in that period. Over the centuries the spelling settled into the modern form.