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voluptuous

[ vuh-luhp-choo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment:

    a voluptuous life.

  2. derived from gratification of the senses:

    voluptuous pleasure.

  3. directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure:

    voluptuous desires.

  4. sensuously pleasing or delightful:

    voluptuous beauty.



voluptuous

/ əˈʌʊə /

adjective

  1. relating to, characterized by, or consisting of pleasures of the body or senses; sensual
  2. disposed, devoted, or addicted to sensual indulgence or luxurious pleasures
  3. provocative and sexually alluring, esp through shapeliness or fullness

    a voluptuous woman

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱٳܴdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈܱٳܴdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܱt·dzܲ· adverb
  • ·ܱt·dzܲ·Ա ·ܱ·ٳ·Dz··ٲ [v, uh, -luhp-choo-, os, -i-tee], noun
  • ܲv·ܱt·dzܲ adjective
  • un·ܱt·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·ܱt·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of voluptuous1

First recorded 1325–75; Middle English, from Latin DZܱٳōܲ, equivalent to DZܱ(), “pleasure” + -ōܲ -ous; -u- probably by association with ܳٳōܲ sumptuous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of voluptuous1

C14: from Latin DZܱٳōܲ full of gratification, from DZܱ pleasure
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Synonym Study

See sensual.
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Example Sentences

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His voluptuous movement, however sharp or delicate, flows on waves of musical notes.

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Its narrative arc is as thoroughly well-documented as that voluptuous lobster spaghetti.

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Emin’s oeuvre has only ever orbited one thing: herself, in her many mournful, voluptuous, warty, wild and furious incarnations.

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"For instance, women in Bollywood films 30 years ago were more voluptuous than that globalised supermodel standard of beauty," Ms Vohra says.

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In a genre that can be numbingly formulaic and indifferently composed, she remains a masterful builder of mood, her voluptuous prose heavy with sex and weather.

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