vo·lup·tu·ous

(və-lŭp′cho͞o-əs)

adj.

1. Relating to, providing, or arising from sensual pleasure: "a rich, voluptuous cascade of notes from a Spanish guitar" (Tony Perrottet). See Synonyms at sensuous.

2. Having a curvaceous figure. Used of a woman or a woman's body.

3. Devoted to or indulging in sensual pleasures: "the most beautiful woman of that voluptuous Court" (Winston S. Churchill).

[Middle English, from Old French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus, full of pleasure, from voluptās, pleasure; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

vo·lup′tu·ous·ly adv.

vo·lup′tu·ous·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	voluptuousness - the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff" hot stuff quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	2.	voluptuousness - the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses lushness, luxuriance abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
	3.	voluptuousness - the quality of having a well-rounded body curvaceousness, shapeliness pulchritude - physical beauty (especially of a woman)

voluptuousness

noun

1. The quality or condition of being sensuous:

sensualism, sensuality, sensuousness.

2. The quality or condition of being sensual:

sensuality, sexiness, sexuality, suggestiveness.

Translations

voluptuosidad

voluptuousness

[vəˈlʌptjʊəsnɪs] N → voluptuosidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

voluptuousness

n (of woman, movement) → Sinnlichkeit f; (of curves) → Üppigkeit f; (of body) → verlockende Formen pl; (of kiss) → Hingabe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

voluptuousness

[vəˈlʌptjʊəsnɪs] n → voluttuosità, sensualità