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Webster 1913 Edition
Voluptuous
Vo-lup′tu-ous
,Adj.
[F.
voluptueux
, L. voluptuosus
, fr. voluptas
pleasure, volup
agreeably, delightfully; probably akin to Gr. [GREEK] to hope, [GREEK] hope, and to L. velle
to wish. See Voluntary
.] 1.
Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
Music arose with its
voluptuous
swell. Byron.
Sink back into your
voluptuous
repose. De Quincey.
2.
Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
“The jolly and voluptuous livers.” Atterbury.
Softened with pleasure and
– voluptuous
life. Milton.
Vo-lup′tu-ous-ly
, adv.
Vo-lup′tu-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Voluptuous
VOLUP'TUOUS
,Adj.
Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.
Soften'd with pleasure and voluptuous life.
Definition 2024
voluptuous
voluptuous
English
Adjective
voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)
- Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
- The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body, tantalizing me with their luxury.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
- Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
- (of a woman) Curvaceous, sexy, full-figured.
- Her flowing raven hair contrasted her creamy white complexion, her amber eyes like those of a cat, the low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure.
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suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation
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curvaceous, sexy, full-figured
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