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pleasurable

English

Etymology

From pleasure +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pl?????b?l/

Adjective

pleasurable (comparative more pleasurable, superlative most pleasurable)

  1. That gives pleasure
    The massage was a pleasurable experience.
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
      Planting of orchards is very [] pleasurable.
    • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
      At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church []

Synonyms

  • (giving pleasure): nice, pleasant, pleasing

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pleasure
  • please

Translations

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felicitous

English

Etymology

From felicity +? -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /f??l?s?t?s/
  • Hyphenation: fe?li?cit?ous

Adjective

felicitous (comparative more felicitous, superlative most felicitous)

  1. Characterized by felicity.
    Antonyms: infelicitous, unfelicitous
    1. Appropriate, apt, fitting.
      Synonyms: opportune, (dialectal or obsolete) wealful
    2. Auspicious, fortunate, lucky.
    3. Causing happiness or pleasure.
  2. (linguistics) Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.
    Antonym: infelicitous

Derived terms

Related terms

  • felicity

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