primrose path noun3 •An easy and pleasant life; a self-indulgent or hedonistic life; such a life that leads to damnation.Many men in his position would have preferred the primrose path of dalliance to the steep heights of duty; but Lord Arthur was too conscientious to set pleasure above principle. — 1891 •A deceptively easy or appealing course of action that leads one astray or into error. •(euphemistic) The life of prostitution.She is now, at the age of 17, faced with turning from the straight and narrow path she has so far trod to the primrose path of her mother and grandmother. — 1940 formsprimrose paths