voluptuous
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /vəˈlʌp.tʃu.əs/
voluptuous
- Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
- The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
- Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms
- (of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
- The low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure.
- (pleasurable sensation) luxurious
- (curvaceous) See Thesaurus:voluptuous or Thesaurus:sexy
- French: voluptueux
- Portuguese: voluptuoso
- Russian: сладостра́стный
- Spanish: voluptuoso, sensual
- French: voluptueux
- Italian: formoso
- Portuguese: voluptuoso
- Russian: пы́шный
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