voluptuous
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From Latin voluptuosus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).
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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
- (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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[edit] External links
- voluptuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- voluptuous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- voluptuous at OneLook Dictionary Search
