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Pleasure

//ˈplɛʒə// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Noun
  1. 1
    A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. uncountable

    "He remembered with pleasure his home and family."

  2. 2
    sexual gratification wordnet
  3. 3
    A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment. countable

    "It was a pleasure to meet you."

  4. 4
    an activity that affords enjoyment wordnet
  5. 5
    Sexual enjoyment. uncountable
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  1. 6
    a formal expression wordnet
  2. 7
    One's preference. uncountable

    "What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?"

  3. 8
    something or someone that provides a source of happiness wordnet
  4. 9
    The will or desire of someone or some agency in power. formal, uncountable

    "to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked"

  5. 10
    a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To give or afford pleasure to. transitive

    "[H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]"

  2. 2
    To give sexual pleasure to. transitive

    "Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night."

  3. 3
    To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure. dated, intransitive

    "to go pleasuring"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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.

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