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  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]: 
 
  voluptuous 
  adj  1:  having  strong  sexual  appeal;  "juicy  barmaids";  "a  red-hot 
  mama";  "a  voluptuous  woman"  [syn:  {juicy},  {luscious}, 
  {red-hot}] 
  2:  (of  a  woman's  body)  having  pleasing  curves;  "Hollywood  seems 
  full  of  curvaceous  blondes";  "a  curvy  young  woman  in  a 
  tight  dress"  [syn:  {bosomy},  {buxom},  {curvaceous},  {curvy}, 
  {full-bosomed},  {sonsie},  {sonsy}] 
  3:  furnishing  gratification  of  the  senses  "an  epicurean 
  banquet";  "enjoyed  a  luxurious  suite  with  a  crystal 
  chandelier  and  thick  oriental  rugs";  "Lucullus  spent  the 
  remainder  of  his  days  in  voluptuous  magnificence";  "a 
  chinchilla  robe  of  sybaritic  lavishness"  [syn:  {epicurean}, 
  {luxurious},  {sybaritic},  {voluptuary}]




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