单词 | pleasurist |
释义 | pleasuristn. Originally: a devotee of (esp. sensual) pleasure; a voluptuary. In later use also: a pleasure-seeker. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > pleasure-seeking > pleasure-seeker pleasurista1682 pleasure-seeker1825 pleasurer1833 good-time girl1897 good-timer1902 good-time Charlie1925 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > sensualist epicureana1450 fleshling1548 epicure?1551 carnalite1573 sensualist1604 akolast1606 voluptuarya1610 pleasure-monger1616 voluptary1616 carnalist1621 akolastic1623 woman of pleasure1623 pleasurista1682 luxurist1690 good liver1784 sensuist1840 liver1849 voluptuarian1879 a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 114 The Delights wherein mere Pleasurists place their Paradise. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 221 Himself a rational pleasurist,..lov'd me indeed, but lov'd me with dignity. 1775 H. Walpole Corr. 17 Apr. (1967) VIII. 89 The town is divided into two great classes, the politicians and the pleasurists. 1799 tr. J. G. von Zimmerman Solitude II. i. 11 The wearied pleasurist..flies to scenes of public gaiety. 1844 Times 6 Apr. 6/5 During the last six or seven days the weather has been all that the most anxious agriculturist or pleasurist could wish for at this season of the year. 1876 Ladies' Repository Apr. 356/1 In the extent to which it is used by pleasurists, physiologists urge that dancing is as frequently hurtful as beneficial. 1900 Steubenville (Ohio) Herald-Star 9 Mar. 6/4 The mere pleasurist has nothing by way of review but a torn playbill. 2002 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 4 Aug. (Sunday Mag. Suppl.) 22 Midori the teacher smiled the smile of a pleasurist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1682 |
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