pleasure shoots magically in every direction like an explosion of sparks.
I had the pleasure of meeting Stuart Scott several years ago.
They get $8 million to dredge the channel for pleasure boats to sail to Catalina Island.
I tell him about the pleasure Chest--a Hollywood shop that sells sexual paraphernalia.
On top of the pleasure (or pain), the clients who saw Mistress Carla received their own additional perks.
He would say that his was a trip of business, and not pleasure, and hard work he had.
She laughed her little laugh of pleasure, and thanked him prettily for the compliment.
At last, I asked, if it were his pleasure that I should pour him out another dish?
Do not occasion me uneasiness, when I would give you nothing but pleasure.
Dearest Madam, forgive me: it was always my pride and my pleasure to obey you.
late 14c., "condition of enjoyment," from Old French plesir, also plaisir "enjoyment, delight, desire, will" (12c.), from noun use of infinitive plaisir (v.) "to please," from Latin placere "to please, give pleasure, be approved" (see please (v.)). Ending altered in English 14c. by influence of words in -ure (measure, etc.). Meaning "sensual enjoyment as the chief object of life" is attested from 1520s.
1530s, "to take pleasure in;" 1550s as "give pleasure to," from pleasure (n.). Sexual sense by 1610s. Related: Pleasured; pleasuring.
