pleasure
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pleasure/ˈpleʒə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment.
■ enjoyment and entertainment, as opposed to necessity.
■ an event or activity from which one derives enjoyment.
■ [as modifier] intended for entertainment rather than business: pleasure boats.
■ sensual gratification.
- 2 (one's pleasure) formal one's wish or desire: the landlord could terminate the agreement at his pleasure.
- 1 give sexual enjoyment or satisfaction to.
- 2 (pleasure in) archaic derive enjoyment from.
– phrases
at Her (or His) Majesty's pleasure detained in a British prison.
at Her (or His) Majesty's pleasure detained in a British prison.
– origin ME: from OFr. plaisir ‘to please’.
'pleasure' also found in these Oxford entries:
ad libitum
- admire
- anal
- anhedonia
- appreciative
- bang
- barge
- bask
- bateau-mouche
- bittersweet
- charmed
- congratulate
- coprophilia
- cruel
- cruise
- cushy
- cynic
- dainty
- dance
- delectation
- delicious
- delight
- dolce vita
- drool
- effusive
- enjoy
- enjoyable
- enjoyment
- enrapture
- entice
- epicure
- Epicurean
- esplanade
- feast
- fille de joie
- fumble
- fun
- gad
- gadabout
- gallant
- gallivant
- glad
- gloat
- glory
- glow
- good-oh
- good-time
- gratification
- gratify
- groan
