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pleasurable

adj
/ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/

Etymology

From pleasure + -able.

  1. derived from *pleh₂-k-✻
  2. derived from placeō — “to please, to seem good”
  3. derived from plesir
  4. inherited from plaisir
  5. suffixed as pleasurable — “pleasure + able”

Definitions

  1. That gives pleasure

    • The massage was a pleasurable experience.
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable.
    • At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA