Pleasurable means giving enjoyment. A pleasurable experience, thoroughly pleasurable, pleasurable sensations.
It is milder than pleasant would suggest and slightly formal, which is why it appears in reviews and reports more than in speech. Applied to sensations it is the clinical word, as in pleasurable and painful stimuli.
1adjectivepleasurableGiving enjoyment.
“Cooking for friends is one of the most pleasurable parts of my week.”
pleasurable is a quality.
Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₂-
Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₂-k- — wide and flat
Latin
placeō — to please, to seem good
Old French
plesir
Middle English
plaisir — pleasure
English
pleasure
English, today
pleasurable
Built from
From pleasure + -able. pleasure comes 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA