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pleasure
English
Etymology
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin place? (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pl???/
- (General American) enPR: pl?zh??r, IPA(key): /?pl???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Hyphenation: pleas?ure
Noun
pleasure (countable and uncountable, plural pleasures)
- (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- Synonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction
- Antonyms: displeasure, pain
- (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- Synonyms: delight, joy
- Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
- (uncountable) One's preference.
- Synonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish
- (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
- Synonym: discretion
- He will do his pleasure on Babylon.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
pleasure
- pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Verb
pleasure (third-person singular simple present pleasures, present participle pleasuring, simple past and past participle pleasured)
- (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
- Synonyms: please, gratify
- (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
- (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
Translations
Related terms
- displeasure
- please
- pleasant
Further reading
- pleasure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pleasure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- serpulae
pleasure From the web:
- what pleasure mean
- what pleasure do i owe
- what pleasures you
- what pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter
- what pleasure does kissing give
- what pleasure does one gain from the rain
- what pleasure does smoking give
- what pleasures makeup paradise on earth
pastime
English
Alternative forms
- passtime, pass-time (both obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?pæs.ta?m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??s.ta?m/
Noun
pastime (plural pastimes)
- Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
- Synonyms: kill-time; see also Thesaurus:hobby
Translations
Further reading
- pastime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Verb
pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself
Derived terms
- pastimer
- pastiming
Anagrams
- impaste, site map, sitemap
pastime From the web:
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- what pastime mean
- what pastime did jane enjoy
- what did knights do for fun
- what do knights do for fun
- what did knights do in their spare time
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