pleasure

Etymology

From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.

noun

1. (uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
   He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
   I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
   But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days. April 22, 2012, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
   Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure 2019, Toro y Moi (lyrics and music), “Ordinary Pleasure”, in Outer Peace
2. (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
   It was a pleasure to meet you.
   Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
   In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […] 2013-05-17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19
3. (uncountable) One's preference.
   What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
4. (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
   to hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
   to be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely
   at Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires

intj

1. pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"

verb

1. (transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
2. (transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
   Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
3. (intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
   to go pleasuring