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pleasurable, a.|ˈplɛʒərəb(ə)l|
[f. pleasure n. + -able, after comfortable.]
1. Affording, or capable of affording, pleasure; agreeable, pleasant.
1579E. K. in Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Ep. Ded. §4 These my present paynes if to any they be pleasurable, or profitable. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 223 Recreating and pleasurable entertainments. 1810D. Stewart Philos. Ess. iii. i. 225 When the mind is strongly influenced, either by pleasurable or painful sensations. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. iv. §20 (1864) 288 Exercise is pleasurable only when we are expending surplus energy.
†2. Devoted to or engaged in pleasure; pleasure-seeking, pleasure-loving. Obs.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. ii, O, sir, you are very pleasurable. 1618S. Ward Jethro's Justice (1627) 41 Idle pleasurable gentlemen. 1709Steele Tatler Ded., The manners of the Pleasurable, as well as the Busie Part of Mankind. |