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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]: 
 
  voluptuousness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  having  a  well-rounded  body  [syn:  {curvaceousness}, 
  {shapeliness}]




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