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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting);
- Example: "he thought she was really hot stuff"
[syn: hot stuff, voluptuousness]

2. the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses;
[syn: luxuriance, lushness, voluptuousness]

3. the quality of having a well-rounded body;
[syn: curvaceousness, shapeliness, voluptuousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications. "The jolly and voluptuous livers." --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life. --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voluptuousness n 1: the quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting); "he thought she was really hot stuff" [syn: hot stuff, voluptuousness] 2: the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses [syn: luxuriance, lushness, voluptuousness] 3: the quality of having a well-rounded body [syn: curvaceousness, shapeliness, voluptuousness]