pleasure
nounEtymology
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
- derived from *pleh₂-k-✻
- derived from plesir
- inherited from plaisir
Definitions
A state of being pleased or contented
A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
- I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
- But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.
A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- It was a pleasure to meet you.
- Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
- Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
Sexual enjoyment.
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One's preference.
- What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
- to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
- to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
- at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires
pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
To give or afford pleasure to.
- [H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]
To give sexual pleasure to.
- Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
To take pleasure
To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
- to go pleasuring
The neighborhood
- synonymbeatitude
- synonymbliss
- synonymdelectation
- synonymdelight
- synonymecstasy
- synonymeuphoria
- synonymlust
- synonymnirvana
- synonympleasure
- synonymrapture
- synonymravishment
- synonymtransport
- antonymagony
- neighboraroused
- neighborblissful
- neighborhappy
- neighborpleasant
- neighborhappiness
- neighborbed of roses
- neighborbeer and skittles
- neighborbowl of cherries
- neighborcakes and ale
- neighborland of milk and honey
- neighborpeaches and cream
- neighborrainbows and unicorns
Derived
antipleasure, at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure, at one's pleasure, at pleasure, business before pleasure, do someone a pleasure, do someone the pleasure of, during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure, during one's pleasure, during pleasure, end-pleasure, English pleasure, fore-pleasure, forepleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold of pleasure, gold-pleasure, guilty pleasure, have the pleasure, it's a pleasure, lady of pleasure, live at Her Majesty's pleasure, man of pleasure, manually pleasure, mix business with pleasure, my pleasure, oral pleasure, pleasurable, pleasurance, pleasure barge, pleasure boat, pleasurebot, pleasure-carriage, pleasure center, pleasure centre, pleasure craft, pleasure cruise, pleasure curve · +52 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pleasure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pleasure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at pleasure
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA