单词 | voluptuosity |
释义 | voluptuosityn. Now rare or Obsolete. The quality or state of being voluptuous; voluptuousness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] softnessOE voluptuositya1380 voluptuoustya1382 delicacya1393 deliciousnessa1500 volupteousness1526 niceness1540 nicety1542 wealiness1545 luxe1558 voluptibility1631 luxury1633 voluptuousness1652 volupté1712 decadence1882 gracious living1892 vie de luxe1920 good life1937 dolce vita1961 sweet life1962 a1380 St. Augustine 741 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 74 But þat paas is voluptuosite. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 280 Thurgh sotie and thurgh nycete, Of his voluptuosite He spareth no condicion Of ken ne yit religion. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 99 Epicurus..if all he was a sewer of voluptuosite..neuer-þe-les he..said, þat appyls & oþer vile meatis sulde be vsid. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 349 Thei scholde not ȝiffe theire myndes to voluptuosite, but to theire doctrine. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton I ij Thou oughtest to flee dronkeship, and lechery and al her voluptuosites. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxvii. f. 36v This dyscorde and takyng of parties bytwene them..began among them..by superfluous habundance of richesse, voluptuosyte, & of other worldely delectatyons. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. L v Voluptuosity Will haue of dysshes chaunge and dyuersyte. a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 113 The same action, that now is lawful, if continued, presently becomes unlawful (as..particular affection, into concupiscence; recreations, into voluptuosity). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1380 |
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