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pleasure(1) (iou)



pleasure noun. LME.
[Old French plesir, (also mod.) plaisir, use as noun of plaisir PLEASE, with final syll. assim. to -URE.]
The condition or sensation induced by the experience or anticipation of what is felt or viewed as good or desirable; enjoyment, delight. Opp. pain. LME.
M. Gee A little girl..laughing wildly..shrieking with pleasure.
b. The indulgence of physical (esp. sexual) desires or appetites; sexual gratification. LME.
c. The pursuit of sensuous enjoyment as a chief object of life or end in itself. Freq. in business before pleasure. E16.
Shaftesbury When we follow Pleasure merely, we are disgusted. personified: W. Cowper Where Pleasure is adored, That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.
A person's will, desire, or choice; that which is agreeable to one or in conformity with one's wish or will. Chiefly with possess. pronoun LME.
Ld Macaulay They would..till his pleasure should be known, keep their men together.
a. A source or object of pleasure or delight. Freq. in it is my pleasure, it was my pleasure below. LME.
C. Milne Few greater pleasures than lying in bed.
b. A pleasure-ground. L15-M17.
c. A particular locality (esp. as a place-name). rare. L16.
The quality which gives enjoyment; pleasurableness. L15.
H. F. Tozer What I had never felt beforethe pleasure of pale colours.
Phrases: at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure detained in a British prison (for life, or an unspecified period). at one's pleasure, at pleasure as or when one pleases, at will. do a person a pleasure, do a person pleasure perform an acceptable service, do a person a favour, please or gratify (foll. by of the favour done). during a person's pleasure while a person pleases. gold of pleasure: see GOLD noun1 & adjective. it is my pleasure, it was my pleasure, etc., an acknowledgement or dismissal of thanks; don't mention it. lady of pleasure: see LADY noun & adjective. man of pleasure: devoted to the pursuit of sensual or sexual pleasure. may I have the pleasure? will you Dance with me? my pleasure = it is my pleasure above. pleasures of the table: see TABLE noun. take a pleasure, take pleasure gain satisfaction or enjoyment, delight, (in). with pleasure gladly, certainly. woman of pleasure (a) a woman devoted to the pursuit of sensual or sexual pleasure; (b) = lady of pleasure s.v. LADY noun & adjective.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'of or for pleasure, devoted to or used for pleasure', as pleasure-cruiser, pleasure-dome, pleasure-Garden, pleasure-steamer, pleasure-trip, etc. Special combs., as pleasuredrome an amusement centre; pleasure-ground an area or piece of land laid out or adapted and ornamented for recreation or enjoyment; pleasure-house a house used for enjoyment or recreation; a summer-house; pleasuremonger a person who makes a living by providing pleasure to others; a person devoted to pleasure; pleasure-pain Psychology (a feeling or stimulus of) pleasure or pain as relating to the pleasure principle (usu. attrib.); pleasure principle Psychology (the theory which proposes) the instinctive drive to gain pleasure and avoid pain as the basic motivating force in human life; pleasure-seeker a person who seeks enjoyment or amusement; spec. a holiday-maker; pleasure-seeking noun the seeking of amusement or enjoyment; pleasure-seeking adjective that seeks amusement or enjoyment.
pleasureful adjective full of pleasure, pleasing, delightful M16.
pleasureless adjective devoid of pleasure, joyless E19.
pleasurer noun a pleasure-seeker; a holiday-maker: M19.
pleasurist noun (rare) (a) a devotee of (esp. sensual) pleasure; (b) a pleasure-seeker: L17.