pleasurablenessn.

Brit.

/ˈplɛʒ(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈplɛʒ(ə)rəbəlnəs/,

/ˈplɛʒərbəlnəs/

Forms: see pleasurable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleasurable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < pleasurable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier pleasantness n., pleasingness n.

The quality of being pleasing; pleasantness, pleasingness, delightfulness.

ΘΚΠ

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

1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 88 The Drinke which they drinke to make them digest their meat, is the Pleasurablenesse of sinne for the present.

1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations x. 247 Could he but..espie the whole sweetness and pleasurablenesse of it secretly let out.

1713 M. Henry Wks. (1853) I. 168 To screw up the delights of sense to a greater degree of pleasureableness.

1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg Delights of Wisdom conc. Conjugial Love 118 Who knoweth or hath known in any case the trace (vestigium) of any love except from it's delight and pleasurableness?

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 228 A sympathy with intellectual activity for its own sake, and for the sake of its inherent pleasurableness and beauty.

1897 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 22 May 2/4 Not the cultivation of the faculty of taste, not scientific discovery, but simply the feeling of pleasurableness.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 284/1 A number of recognizable elements each of which contributes to its own quantum of pleasurableness.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Sept. 23 The environment has the kind of pleasurableness that adding one more delight to it—the pleasure of a drug like cocaine—shouldn't be needed as part of the deal.

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

单词	pleasurableness
释义	pleasurablenessn. Brit. /ˈplɛʒ(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈplɛʒ(ə)rəbəlnəs/, /ˈplɛʒərbəlnəs/ Forms: see pleasurable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pleasurable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < pleasurable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier pleasantness n., pleasingness n. The quality of being pleasing; pleasantness, pleasingness, delightfulness. ΘΚΠ 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 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 88 The Drinke which they drinke to make them digest their meat, is the Pleasurablenesse of sinne for the present. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations x. 247 Could he but..espie the whole sweetness and pleasurablenesse of it secretly let out. 1713 M. Henry Wks. (1853) I. 168 To screw up the delights of sense to a greater degree of pleasureableness. 1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg Delights of Wisdom conc. Conjugial Love 118 Who knoweth or hath known in any case the trace (vestigium) of any love except from it's delight and pleasurableness? 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. 228 A sympathy with intellectual activity for its own sake, and for the sake of its inherent pleasurableness and beauty. 1897 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 22 May 2/4 Not the cultivation of the faculty of taste, not scientific discovery, but simply the feeling of pleasurableness. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 284/1 A number of recognizable elements each of which contributes to its own quantum of pleasurableness. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Sept. 23 The environment has the kind of pleasurableness that adding one more delight to it—the pleasure of a drug like cocaine—shouldn't be needed as part of the deal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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