enjoymentn.

/ɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s injoyment.

Etymology: < enjoy v. + -ment suffix.

1. The action or state of deriving gratification from an object. Also, in weaker sense, the possession and use of something which affords pleasure or advantage. Const. of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun]

likingeOE

titillationc1450

enjoying1536

enjoyment1553

enjoy1589

taste1604

enjoyance1632

adlubescence1656

gratification1712

ooh-la-la1952

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 83^v Why do you doubt for the enioyment of them to breake out of this imprisonement?

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 378 Injoyment of many Lands.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. ?Sept. (1965) I. 444 The honest English Squire..beleives..that..there is no perfect Enjoyment of this Life out of Old England.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 212 He would protect the Established Church in the enjoyment of her legal rights.

1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxiii. 312 The depth of the peace which flows from the enjoyment of his love.

2. Gratification, pleasure; concrete something which gives pleasure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]

lustc888

lustfulnessa900

queemnesseOE

mirtheOE

estec1000

winOE

queemc1175

sweetness?c1225

solace1297

dutea1300

lustinga1300

joyingc1300

jollityc1330

lustiheadc1369

lustinessc1374

sweet1377

voluptyc1380

well-pleasinga1382

pleasancec1385

pleasurea1393

volupta1398

easementc1400

pleasingc1400

complacencec1436

pleasec1475

satisfaction1477

likancea1500

oblectation1508

beauty1523

aggradation1533

pleasurancec1540

joc1560

likement1577

contentment1587

beloving1589

gratification1598

savouriness1599

entertain1601

pleasedness1626

well-apaidness1633

well-pleasedness1633

pleasingness1649

complacency1652

adlubescence1656

enjoyment1665

volupe1669

musica1674

pleasantry1740

barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. iii. sig. Kk3^v He cuts them off, in the heighth of their Injoyments.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. ix. 30 Food, Drink, Sleep, and the like animal Enjoyments being what all Men like and love.

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 154 Such a life might have had its enjoyments even in London.

1874 M. A. Barker Station Life N.Z. iv. 25 We..were only fit for the lowest phase of human enjoyment—warmth, food, and sleep.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	enjoyment
释义	enjoymentn. /ɛnˈdʒɔɪmənt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s injoyment. Etymology: < enjoy v. + -ment suffix. 1. The action or state of deriving gratification from an object. Also, in weaker sense, the possession and use of something which affords pleasure or advantage. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] likingeOE titillationc1450 enjoying1536 enjoyment1553 enjoy1589 taste1604 enjoyance1632 adlubescence1656 gratification1712 ooh-la-la1952 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. v. f. 83^v Why do you doubt for the enioyment of them to breake out of this imprisonement? 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 378 Injoyment of many Lands. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. ?Sept. (1965) I. 444 The honest English Squire..beleives..that..there is no perfect Enjoyment of this Life out of Old England. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 212 He would protect the Established Church in the enjoyment of her legal rights. 1877 W. Sparrow Serm. xxiii. 312 The depth of the peace which flows from the enjoyment of his love. 2. Gratification, pleasure; concrete something which gives pleasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] lustc888 lustfulnessa900 queemnesseOE mirtheOE estec1000 winOE queemc1175 sweetness?c1225 solace1297 dutea1300 lustinga1300 joyingc1300 jollityc1330 lustiheadc1369 lustinessc1374 sweet1377 voluptyc1380 well-pleasinga1382 pleasancec1385 pleasurea1393 volupta1398 easementc1400 pleasingc1400 complacencec1436 pleasec1475 satisfaction1477 likancea1500 oblectation1508 beauty1523 aggradation1533 pleasurancec1540 joc1560 likement1577 contentment1587 beloving1589 gratification1598 savouriness1599 entertain1601 pleasedness1626 well-apaidness1633 well-pleasedness1633 pleasingness1649 complacency1652 adlubescence1656 enjoyment1665 volupe1669 musica1674 pleasantry1740 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. iii. sig. Kk3^v He cuts them off, in the heighth of their Injoyments. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. ix. 30 Food, Drink, Sleep, and the like animal Enjoyments being what all Men like and love. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 154 Such a life might have had its enjoyments even in London. 1874 M. A. Barker Station Life N.Z. iv. 25 We..were only fit for the lowest phase of human enjoyment—warmth, food, and sleep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1553
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