2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\, a. [F. voluptueux L. voluptuosus,
fr voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully;
probably akin to Gr ? to hope, ? 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}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
voluptuously
adv 1: in a shapely and voluptuous manner; "a voluptuously curved
woman"
2: in an indulgently voluptuous manner; "he sniffed the perfume
voluptuously"
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