voluptuousness

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voluptuousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
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              Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey.
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     2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging
        to excess in sensual gratifications. "The jolly and
        voluptuous livers." --Atterbury.
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              Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster] -- Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly, adv. --
        Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness, n.
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voluptuousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  voluptuousness
      n 1: the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially
           sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff"
           [syn: hot stuff, voluptuousness]
      2: the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the
         senses [syn: luxuriance, lushness, voluptuousness]
      3: the quality of having a well-rounded body [syn:
         curvaceousness, shapeliness, voluptuousness]