voluptuous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: voluptuous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for voluptuous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voluptuous adj having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress" Synonym(s): juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous (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" Synonym(s): bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to 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" Synonym(s): epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Voluptuous \Volup"tuous\, 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. [bd]The jolly and voluptuous livers.[b8] --Atterbury. Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life. --Milton. -- {Volup"tuously}, adv. -- {Volup"tuousness}, n.