pleasuringn.

Brit.

/ˈplɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈplɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleasure n., -ing suffix¹; pleasure v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pleasure n. + -ing suffix¹; in later use also partly < pleasure v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier pleasing n.¹, pleasure v. 2.

a. The taking of pleasure; pleasure-seeking; spec. going on a pleasure excursion; taking a holiday. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

gleea700

playeOE

gameeOE

lakec1175

skentingc1175

wil-gomenc1275

solacec1290

deduit1297

envesurec1300

playingc1300

disport1303

spilea1325

laking1340

solacingc1384

bourdc1390

mazec1390

welfarea1400

recreationc1400

solancec1400

sporta1425

sportancea1450

sportingc1475

deport1477

recreancea1500

shurting15..

ebate?1518

recreating1538

abatementc1550

pleasuring1556

comfortmenta1558

disporting1561

pastiming1574

riec1576

joyance1595

spleen1598

merriment1600

amusement1603

amusing1603

entertainment1612

spleena1616

divertisement1651

diversion1653

disportment1660

sporting of nature1666

fun1726

délassement1804

gammock1841

pleasurement1843

dallying1889

rec1922

good, clean fun1923

cracka1966

looning1966

shoppertainment1993

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 10^v In those, in whome there is a greater corage, coueting of money hath an yie to power, and ablenesse of pleasuring [L. gratificandi facilitatem].

1598 J. Marston Metamorph. Pigmalions Image xxxvi. 18 When all things fit for loues sweet pleasuring Inuited him to reape a Louers blisse.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. liv. 214 It should be in a boat hired for the purpose, to sail to Tilbury, to the isle of Sheepy, or a pleasuring up the Medway.

1777 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 210 Burgess goes a pleasureing where he pleases.

1804 Local Act 44 Geo. 111 c. 45 §3 Boat or Boats..for the Purpose of crossing..the said arm of the Sea..or for pleasuring thereon.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 68 Expressing the hollowness of a day's pleasuring.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iii. 34 Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day for pleasuring.

1931 C. Schuster Men, Women & Mountains 76 (heading) A day's pleasuring.

1984 20th Cent. Lit. 30 395 These lines are much more characteristic of Clive Bell's later verse than any of the poems of dreaming, cursing, pleasuring, or dying that he included in Euphrosyne.

b. A recreational activity, spec. a trip taken for pleasure. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > excursion > for pleasure

jaunt1678

trip1749

excursion1779

run1780

pleasure trip1829

pleasuring1869

booze cruise1994

1869 D. M. Mulock Woman's Kingdom III. 218 Who refused, year after year, to take her autumn pleasuring..because her husband would only have to work the harder for it.

1875 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 8 Apr. 7/4 Mexican cartoonists..had secured a United States war-vessel for their pleasurings.

1901 Longman's Mag. June 145 Wance to the 'ospital and wance to Susanna's sister's burying, nayther zackly pleasurin's, as yŭ might zay.

1928 Helena (Montana) Independent 13 July 5/5 (advt.) Just the kind of dresses you'll need for the remainder of your summer pleasurings.

2. The giving of pleasure; pleasing, delectation; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > action or fact of giving pleasure

likingeOE

paying1340

well-pleasinga1382

thankfulness1500

pleasuringc1565

gratification1598

pleasing1895

c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia To Rdr. sig. Aii Man is not born to y^e onely profite, and pleasuring of him self alone.

1579 T. Churchyard Chippes (1817) 34 [To write] for passing of the time, and pleasuring of his friends.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 220 When the Way of Pleasuring and Displeasuring, lieth by the Favourite.

1661 W. Annand Fides Catholica v. v. 237 The sabbath is appointed for the service of God, and not for the pleasuring of men.

1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 193 Those lips shall be my Delphos, and shall speak Laws to my footsteps, colour to my cheek, Trembling or stedfastness to this same voice, And of three sweetest pleasurings the choice.

1897 A. C. Gunter Ballyho Bey iii. 41 She is a sybarite in the pleasuring of her senses.

1936 M. Lawrence School of Femininity i. 8 Having to wangle everything through the pleasuring of men was at the root of all wrong that might be in women.

2000 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 11 Mar. 2 Times have changed since the early days when vixens in studded leather bikinis were..forced to endure nipple tweakings and oral pleasurings in front of cheering crowds.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1774 Southampton Guide (new ed.) vi. 42 In which river are kept many yachts, and pleasuring boats.

1807 Times 7 Apr. 3/1 They banqueted in a princely style..on their pleasuring excursions upon the Thames.

1869 Daily News 16 July Nor is this practice..confined to pleasuring vans.

1872 U.S. Statutes XVII. 32 A public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 A pleasuring tour to some distant part of the States.

1975 National Geographic Mar. 399/1 Most of Hawaii's pleasuring places are comparatively uncrowded.

1994 Toronto Sun 10 Nov. 95 a Not only will his mood-setting tips and pleasuring techniques transform relationships overnight, he says good sex can lead to weight loss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pleasuring
释义	pleasuringn. Brit. /ˈplɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplɛʒ(ə)rɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleasure n., -ing suffix¹; pleasure v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pleasure n. + -ing suffix¹; in later use also partly < pleasure v. + -ing suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier pleasing n.¹, pleasure v. 2. 1. a. The taking of pleasure; pleasure-seeking; spec. going on a pleasure excursion; taking a holiday. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties i. f. 10^v In those, in whome there is a greater corage, coueting of money hath an yie to power, and ablenesse of pleasuring [L. gratificandi facilitatem]. 1598 J. Marston Metamorph. Pigmalions Image xxxvi. 18 When all things fit for loues sweet pleasuring Inuited him to reape a Louers blisse. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. liv. 214 It should be in a boat hired for the purpose, to sail to Tilbury, to the isle of Sheepy, or a pleasuring up the Medway. 1777 J. Wedgwood Let. 6 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 210 Burgess goes a pleasureing where he pleases. 1804 Local Act 44 Geo. 111 c. 45 §3 Boat or Boats..for the Purpose of crossing..the said arm of the Sea..or for pleasuring thereon. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 68 Expressing the hollowness of a day's pleasuring. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad iii. 34 Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day for pleasuring. 1931 C. Schuster Men, Women & Mountains 76 (heading) A day's pleasuring. 1984 20th Cent. Lit. 30 395 These lines are much more characteristic of Clive Bell's later verse than any of the poems of dreaming, cursing, pleasuring, or dying that he included in Euphrosyne. b. A recreational activity, spec. a trip taken for pleasure. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > excursion > for pleasure jaunt1678 trip1749 excursion1779 run1780 pleasure trip1829 pleasuring1869 booze cruise1994 1869 D. M. Mulock Woman's Kingdom III. 218 Who refused, year after year, to take her autumn pleasuring..because her husband would only have to work the harder for it. 1875 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 8 Apr. 7/4 Mexican cartoonists..had secured a United States war-vessel for their pleasurings. 1901 Longman's Mag. June 145 Wance to the 'ospital and wance to Susanna's sister's burying, nayther zackly pleasurin's, as yŭ might zay. 1928 Helena (Montana) Independent 13 July 5/5 (advt.) Just the kind of dresses you'll need for the remainder of your summer pleasurings. 2. The giving of pleasure; pleasing, delectation; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > action or fact of giving pleasure likingeOE paying1340 well-pleasinga1382 thankfulness1500 pleasuringc1565 gratification1598 pleasing1895 c1565 ‘T. C.’ tr. G. Boccaccio Galesus Cymon & Iphigenia To Rdr. sig. Aii Man is not born to y^e onely profite, and pleasuring of him self alone. 1579 T. Churchyard Chippes (1817) 34 [To write] for passing of the time, and pleasuring of his friends. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 220 When the Way of Pleasuring and Displeasuring, lieth by the Favourite. 1661 W. Annand Fides Catholica v. v. 237 The sabbath is appointed for the service of God, and not for the pleasuring of men. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 193 Those lips shall be my Delphos, and shall speak Laws to my footsteps, colour to my cheek, Trembling or stedfastness to this same voice, And of three sweetest pleasurings the choice. 1897 A. C. Gunter Ballyho Bey iii. 41 She is a sybarite in the pleasuring of her senses. 1936 M. Lawrence School of Femininity i. 8 Having to wangle everything through the pleasuring of men was at the root of all wrong that might be in women. 2000 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 11 Mar. 2 Times have changed since the early days when vixens in studded leather bikinis were..forced to endure nipple tweakings and oral pleasurings in front of cheering crowds. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1774 Southampton Guide (new ed.) vi. 42 In which river are kept many yachts, and pleasuring boats. 1807 Times 7 Apr. 3/1 They banqueted in a princely style..on their pleasuring excursions upon the Thames. 1869 Daily News 16 July Nor is this practice..confined to pleasuring vans. 1872 U.S. Statutes XVII. 32 A public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 3/2 A pleasuring tour to some distant part of the States. 1975 National Geographic Mar. 399/1 Most of Hawaii's pleasuring places are comparatively uncrowded. 1994 Toronto Sun 10 Nov. 95 a Not only will his mood-setting tips and pleasuring techniques transform relationships overnight, he says good sex can lead to weight loss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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