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voluptuosity Now rare or Obs.|vəˌlʌptjuːˈɒsɪtɪ|
Forms: 4–6 voluptuosite (5 -itee, 5–6 -yte, 6 -ytee), 5–6 voluptuositie (5 -itye), 7– voluptuosity.
[a. OF. voluptuosité (= Sp. voluptuosidad, Pg. -idade), or ad. med.L. voluptuōsitas, f. L. voluptuōs-us: see next.]
The quality or state of being voluptuous; voluptuousness.
a1380St. Augustine 741 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 74 But þat paas is voluptuosite. 1390Gower Conf. III. 280 Thurgh sotie and thurgh nycete, Of his voluptuosite He spareth no condicion Of ken ne yit religion. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 349 Thei scholde not ȝiffe theire myndes to voluptuosite, but to theire doctrine. c1440Alph. Tales 99 Epicurus,..if all he was a sewer of voluptuosite,..neuer-þe-les he..said, þat appyls & oþer vile meatis sulde be vsid. 1483Caxton Cato I ij, Thou oughtest to flee dronkeship, and lechery and al her voluptuosites. 1515Barclay Egloges ii. (1570) B iv/2 Voluptuositie Will haue of dishes chaunge & diwersitie. c1520― Jugurth (1557) 44 This discorde and takyng of parties bytwene them..began amonge them..by superfluous habundance of richesse, voluptuosite, and of other worldely delectations. a1678Woodhead Holy Living (1688) 113 The same action, that now is lawful, if continued, presently becomes unlawful (as..particular affection, into concupiscence; recreations, into voluptuosity). |