pleasurabilityn.
/ˌplɛʒ(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌplɛʒ(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /ˌplɛʒərˈbɪlᵻdi/ The quality of being pleasurable.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun]
lustfulnessa900
sweetnessc900
sootnessc1000
unloathfulnessc1350
sugarc1374
pleasancec1395
agreeability?c1400
dulcourc1429
pleasure1497
pleasantnessa1500
douceness1518
dulceness?1526
dulcetness1528
pleasancy1545
ungrieffulness1556
acceptableness1565
rose water1584
pleasingnessa1586
amenity?1591
pleasing1591
acceptance1594
suavity1594
prettiness1604
jucundity1620
dulcity1623
pleasurableness1626
agreeablenessa1631
placency1639
acceptability1647
dulce1654
amicableness1667
pleasurability1793
niceness1809
dulciness1828
enjoyableness1868
Gemütlichkeit1892
sweetness and light1927
1793 T. Cogan Rhine l. 318 The general pleasurability of this place made us quit it with regret.
1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 12 Apr. 227/1 He..talks as if he were all pleasurability or dignity.
1925 R. C. Givler in H. E. Barnes Hist. & Prospects Social Sci. x. 501 Utilitarianism..holds that pleasure is the only good sought for, or in less rigorous language, that the pleasurability of an object is the measure of its value.
1991 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 17/8 The new ITV system, devised specifically to reduce the pleasurability of output.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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