pleasing

Etymology 1

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.

adj

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
   Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost. 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, pages 250–251

verb

1. present participle and gerund of please.

Etymology 2

From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing.

noun

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."