• (RP) IPA: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈplizɪŋ/

From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende, equivalent to please + -ing.

pleasing

1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

• enjoyable
• gratifying
• satisfying

• French: plaisant
• German: angenehm
• Portuguese: agradável
• Russian: прия́тный
• Spanish: grato

1. Present participle and gerund of please.

From Middle English plesing, plesinge ("satisfaction; pleasing"), equivalent to please + -ing.

pleasing

1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Passion of our Blessed Saviour”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC ↗:

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]