self-pleasing

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ pleasing.

Adjective

self-pleasing (comparative more self-pleasing, superlative most self-pleasing)

1. That pleases oneself; given over only to one's own pleasure.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     With such self-pleasing thoughts her wound she fed, / And thought so to beguile her grievous smart […]

   • 2005, The Guardian, editorial, 6 Oct 2005:

     This, once again, is the art of introspection and stubborn, self-pleasing originality.

Noun

self-pleasing (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) masturbation
   • 2008, Moira McCarthy, The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls, page 162:

     Even today, the thought is "good girls don't, but good boys do." The reality is, girls, like boys, are curious about their bodies and may experiment with self-pleasing.

   • 2012, Robin Westen, The 12-Minute Sex Solution, page 43:

     Imagining the neighbors could be doing the same will automatically add new potency to your self-pleasing.