2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sensual \Sen"su*al\, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf F.
sensuel.]
1. Pertaining to consisting in or affecting, the sense or
bodily organs of perception; relating to or concerning,
the body, in distinction from the spirit.
Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. --Bacon.
Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of
sensual, mental powers ascends. --Pope.
2. Hence not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly;
pertaining to or consisting in the gratification of the
senses or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.
These be they who separate themselves, sensual,
having not the Spirit. --Jude 19.
The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . .
that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most
divine. --Hooker.
3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious;
voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.
No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from
that wherein sensual men place their felicity.
--Atterbury.
4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of
sensualism.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sensual
adj 1: of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal
instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a
sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual
pleasure without vice" [syn: {animal(a)}, {carnal}, {fleshly}]
2: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a
sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: {sultry}]
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