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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin voluptuosus, irregular from voluptas pleasure, from volup pleasurable; akin to Greek elpesthai to hope, Latin velle to wish — more at will Date: 14th century 1. a. full of delight or pleasure to the senses ; conducive to or arising from sensuous or sensual gratification ; luxurious a ~ dance ~ ornamentation a ~ wine b. suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form ~ nudes 2. given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury, pleasure, or sensual gratifications a long and ~ holiday — Edmund Wilson Synonyms: see sensuous • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. of, tending to, occupied with, or derived from, sensuous or sensual pleasure. Derivatives voluptuously adv. voluptuousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF voluptueux or L voluptuosus f. voluptas pleasure ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сластолюбивый; сладострастный; чувственный voluptuous beauty —- чувственная красота 2. роскошный, пышный (о формах тела и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) чувственный; сластолюбивый, сладострастный 2) пышный, роскошный; возбуждающий чувственное желание (о фигуре, формах тела) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 a woman who is voluptuous has large breasts and a soft curved body 2 expressing strong sexual feeling or sexual pleasure (a voluptuous gesture) 3 literary something that is voluptuous gives you pleasure because it looks, smells, or tastes good (the voluptuous fragrance of a summer garden) - voluptuously adv - voluptuousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1380, from O.Fr. voluptueux, from L. voluptuosus "full of pleasure, delightful," from voluptas "pleasure, delight," from volup "pleasurably," ultimately related to velle "to wish," from PIE *wol-/*wel- "be pleasing." Voluptuary is from 1610. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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