sensuousnessn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛnsjʊəsnəs/,

/ˈsɛnʃʊəsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)wəsnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sensuous adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < sensuous adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being sensuous (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > quality of appealing to senses

lusciousness1594

sensuosity1721

sensuousness1829

sensuality1894

1829 Oxf. Lit. Gaz. 20 May 85/2 Poets..are chiefly characterized by their sensuousness, by the intense vividness with which they describe the effect of any object on the senses.

a1876 G. Dawson Shakespeare & Other Lect. (1888) 16 None can help having a certain admiration for sensuous nature when very beautiful... She [sc. Ophelia] was the perfection of sensuousness.

1903 L. C. Smithers Burton's Arabian Nights 7 The..sensuousness of the hot-skied East glows from every tale.

1977 Gramophone June 64/1 A lack of sensuousness and ardour in the first half of the work is something which many Straussians won't readily forgive.

2008 Independent 1 Feb. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 20/4 Sensuousness she does in spades: the new novel is as stuffed full of food, sex and appetites as any of her previous books.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sensuousness
释义	sensuousnessn. Brit. /ˈsɛnsjʊəsnəs/, /ˈsɛnʃʊəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)wəsnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sensuous adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < sensuous adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being sensuous (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > quality of appealing to senses lusciousness1594 sensuosity1721 sensuousness1829 sensuality1894 1829 Oxf. Lit. Gaz. 20 May 85/2 Poets..are chiefly characterized by their sensuousness, by the intense vividness with which they describe the effect of any object on the senses. a1876 G. Dawson Shakespeare & Other Lect. (1888) 16 None can help having a certain admiration for sensuous nature when very beautiful... She [sc. Ophelia] was the perfection of sensuousness. 1903 L. C. Smithers Burton's Arabian Nights 7 The..sensuousness of the hot-skied East glows from every tale. 1977 Gramophone June 64/1 A lack of sensuousness and ardour in the first half of the work is something which many Straussians won't readily forgive. 2008 Independent 1 Feb. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 20/4 Sensuousness she does in spades: the new novel is as stuffed full of food, sex and appetites as any of her previous books. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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