pleasure

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  1. noun The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.
  2. noun A source of enjoyment or delight: The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch.
  3. noun Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment: "Pleasure . . . is a safer guide than either right or duty” (Samuel Butler).

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  • Never think of us, Sarianna, as apart from you—as if our interest or our pleasure could be apart from yours. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • Your pleasure is your pleasure and sex should be fun and spontaneous. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The intensity of the pleasure is all I can think about now and I'm panting softly.
  • She blushed and stammered, and protested against being a party to the contribution Mine,' she said, 'is a long letter to my cousin, which I began before we left home So much the better,' we rejoined, 'for the pleasure will be the longer But it has been written in every mood of feeling Therefore,' we urged, 'the more variety At last, driven to the wall, she threw a nice morocco letter-case into my lap, saying Take it and read it to yourself, and you will see why I positively can not read it aloud So we gave up our entreaties. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
  • Never think of us, Sarianna, as apart from you--as if our interest or our pleasure could be apart from yours. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
 

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joy ·  desire ·  love ·  beauty ·  amusement ·  pain ·  affection ·  hope ·  comfort ·  knowledge

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French plaisir, from plaisir, to please; see please.

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  1. Early modern English also pleasur, plesur; with termination accommodated to the noun suffix -ure (as also in leisure), from Old French plesir, plaisir, French plaisir = Provencal plazer = Spanish placer = pg. prazer = Italian piacere, piagere, please, infinitive used as noun: see please.
  2. from pleasure, n.
 

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/ˈplɛzhər/
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