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Where does “unpleasing” come from?

Unpleasing comes from Middle English un-plesyng, a compound of the prefix un- and plesyng, meaning "not pleasing or disagreeable."

unpleasing (English): Not pleasing; unpleasant

Definitions

  1. Not pleasing; unpleasant

Ancestry of “unpleasing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishun-plesyng—

Words derived from “unpleasing”

  • unpleasingly
  • unpleasingness
Every word from Middle English un-plesyng →