pleasurable
Etymology

From pleasure + -able.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈplɛʒəɹəbəl/
Adjective

pleasurable

  1. That gives pleasure
    The massage was a pleasurable experience.
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
      Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable.
    • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
      At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]
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