PLEASANT, a. plez'ant.
1. Pleasing agreeable grateful to the mind or to the senses as a pleasant ride a pleasant voyage a pleasant view. Light is pleasant to the eye an orange is pleasant to the taste harmony is pleasant to the ear a rose is pleasant to the smell.
How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalms 133
2. Cheerful enlivening as pleasant society or company.
3. Gay lively humorous sportive as a pleasant companion.
4. Trifling adapted rather to mirth than use.
5. Giving pleasure gratifying.
This word expresses less than delightful, to the mind, and delicious, to the taste.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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