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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Sensuality — Sen su*al i*ty, n. [CF. F. sensualit[ e], L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.] The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sensuality — mid 14c., the part of man that is concerned with the senses, from O.Fr. sensualité, from L.L. sensualitatem (nom. sensualitas) capacity for sensation, from L. sensualis endowed with feeling, sensitive, from sensus feeling (see SENSE (Cf. sense)) … Etymology dictionary
sensuality — [sen΄sho͞o al′ə tē] n. 1. the state or quality of being sensual; fondness for or indulgence in sensual pleasures 2. lasciviousness; lewdness … English World dictionary
sensuality — /sen shooh al i tee/, n., pl. sensualities. 1. sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats s poetry. 2. unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasures. 3. lewdness; unchastity. Also, sensualness. [1300 50; ME sensualite < OF < LL sensualitas. See… … Universalium
sensuality — sensual ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous.… … English terms dictionary
Sensuality (album) — Sensuality Studio album by S.E.X. Appeal Released 2007 … Wikipedia
sensuality — noun a) The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy. b) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure … Wiktionary
sensuality — The state or quality of being sensual. * * * sen·su·al·i·ty .sen chə wal ət ē n, pl ities the quality or state of being sensual … Medical dictionary
sensuality — Synonyms and related words: animality, bawdiness, carnality, clitoromania, coldness, concupiscence, dirtiness, eroticism, eroticomania, erotomania, flesh, fleshliness, frigidity, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hysteromania,… … Moby Thesaurus
sensuality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sensationalism, appetite, ardor, voluptuousness, sexuality; see also deSire 3 , emotion , love 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or condition of being sensual: sexiness, sexuality, suggestiveness,… … English dictionary for students
