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   Vo·lup·tu·ous

   /vəˈləp(t)SH(əw)əs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. curvaceous and sexually attractive (typically used of a woman). Similar curvaceousshapelyopulentfull-figuredwell formedwell proportionedJunoesqueampleRubensesquebuxomfull-bosomedlushlusciousseductivealluringsultrysensuoussexually attractiveinformal:curvybustysexyhotslinkybeddablethickthiccarchaic:well turnedgainlycomelyOpposite scrawnyplain
   • 2. relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure: "long curtains in voluptuous crimson velvet" Similar hedonisticsybariticepicureanpleasure-lovingpleasure-seekingself-indulgentindulgentlotus-eatingdecadentintemperateimmoderatedissipateddissoluteabandonedsensualcarnallicentiouslascivioussalaciousOpposite ascetic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French voluptueux or Latin voluptuosus, from voluptas ‘pleasure’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. voluptuously adverb
   • 2. voluptuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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