Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pleasurable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pleasurable \Pleas"ur*a*ble\, a.
Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying;
abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry.

Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable.
--Bacon.

O, sir, you are very pleasurable. --B. Jonson.
-- {Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pleas"ur*a*bly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pleasurable
adj : affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was
enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of
happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing
makes a book more pleasurable to read" [syn: {enjoyable},
{gratifying}]


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