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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•lup•tu•ous /vəˈlʌptʃuəs/USA pronunciation adj. - sensuously pleasing or delightful.
- full and shapely:a voluptuous figure.
vo•lup•tu•ous•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vo•lup•tu•ous (və lup′cho̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj. - full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment:a voluptuous life.
- derived from gratification of the senses:voluptuous pleasure.
- directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure:voluptuous desires.
- sensuously pleasing or delightful:voluptuous beauty.
- Latin voluptuōsus, equivalent. to volupt(ās) pleasure + -ōsus -ous; -u- probably by association with sumptuōsus sumptuous
- 1325–75; Middle English
vo•lup′tu•ous•ly, adv. vo•lup′tu•ous•ness, vo•lup•tu•os•i•ty (və lup′cho̅o̅ os′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See sensual.
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