Voluptuous

  • 21voluptuous — [14] Voluptuous goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *wol , *wel ‘be pleasing’, which also produced English volunteer and will. From it was descended the Latin adverb volup ‘agreeably’, from which were derived in turn the noun voluptās… …

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  • 22voluptuous — Causing or caused by sensual pleasure; given to gratification of the senses. [L. voluptuosus, fr. voluptas, pleasure] …

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  • 23voluptuous — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic, abandoned, alluring, amorous, appealing, appetitive, attractive, beautiful, bent on pleasure, bewitching, built, busty, buxom, captivating, carnal, charming, curvaceous, delicious, delightful, desirable,… …

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  • 24voluptuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensual, carnal, fleshy, sexy (sl.), meretricious; epicurean, worldly. See pleasure, intemperance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Suited to rich satisfaction of the senses] Syn. luxurious, rich, profuse …

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  • 25voluptuous —   …

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  • 26voluptuous — vo lup·tu·ous || vÉ™ lÊŒptʃʊəs adj. sensual, sensuous; luxurious, hedonistic; having an attractive full figure (of a woman) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27voluptuous — [və lʌptjʊəs] adjective 1》 (of a woman) curvaceous and sexually attractive. 2》 relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure. Derivatives voluptuously adverb voluptuousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. voluptueux or L. voluptuosus, from …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28voluptuous — a. Luxurious, epicurean, sensual …

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  • 29voluptuous — adj 1. hedonistic, hedonic, hedonist; indulgent, self indulgent; voluptuary, sybaritic, syba ritical, sensualistic. 2. carnal, sensual, fleshly, bodily, physical, animal, animalistic, sexual, erotic; lustful, concupiscent, Sl. horny, lascivious,… …

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  • 30voluptuous — vo·lup·tu·ous …

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