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pleasuresome en · ADJ

Etymology

From pleasure + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by pleasure; enjoyable
   • The pleasuresome characteristics of jokes that were associated with libidinal sastisfactions [sic] were referred to as a joke's tendentious nature. 2012, Herbert M. Lefcourt, Humor: The Psychology of Living Buoyantly:
   • Before, he had always seemed to believe revenge a dirty business, all thundering muskets and brandished steel, a pleasuresome stench. 2013, Alex Taylor, The Name of the Nearest River:
   • “Do you mean to say all remembrances are vexatitous [sic]? Some are pleasuresome, too, aren't they?” 2003, Shriman Yogi, Shivaji the Great:

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