Hypertext Webster Gateway: "voluptuous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\, a. [F. voluptueux, L. voluptuosus,
fr. voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully;
probably akin to Gr. ? to hope, ? hope, and to L. velle to
wish. See {Voluntary}.]
1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the
senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification;
exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey.
2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging
to excess in sensual gratifications. ``The jolly and
voluptuous livers.'' --Atterbury.
Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
--Milton.
-- {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
voluptuous
adj 1: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot
mama"; "a voluptuous woman" [syn: {juicy}, {luscious},
{red-hot}]
2: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing
curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a
curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: {bosomy}, {busty},
{buxom}, {curvaceous}, {curvy}, {full-bosomed}, {sonsie},
{sonsy}, {well-endowed}]
3: furnishing gratification of the senses; "an epicurean
banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal
chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the
remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a
chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" [syn: {epicurean},
{luxurious}, {sybaritic}, {voluptuary}]
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