Adjective
voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)
- Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter III, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 24:It was upon riches he founded his claim to importance; riches could alone supply the enjoyments of luxury; those voluptuous pleasures upon which the sensualist refines, and without which life appears but a mere vegetative existence, unproductive of enjoyment.
- (of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
The low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure.
2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 35:She was very dark skinned and has a voluptuous figure that she showed off with her stylish purple dress.
Translations
suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation
- Bulgarian: чувствен (bg) (čuvstven), сладостра́стен (bg) (sladostrásten)
- Catalan: voluptuós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奢侈的 (zh) (shēchǐ de), 豪華的/豪华的 (zh) (háohuá de), 體態豐滿的/体态丰满的 (tǐtài fēngmǎn de)
- Danish: sanselig, vellystig
- Finnish: nautinnollinen (fi), aistillinen (fi), hekumallinen
- French: voluptueux (fr), somptueux (fr), sensuel (fr)
- Galician: voluptuoso m
- Georgian: ვნებიანი (vnebiani), გრძნობითი (grʒnobiti)
- Irish: miangasach, macnasach, teaspúil
- Japanese: 官能的な (kannōteki na)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vellystig
- Portuguese: voluptuoso (pt)
- Romanian: senzual (ro), voluptuos (ro)
- Russian: сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj), сластолюби́вый (ru) (slastoljubívyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: sòghail
- Spanish: voluptuoso (es), sensual (es)
- Swedish: vällustig (sv)
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curvaceous and sexually attractive
- Bulgarian: напета (bg) (napeta), сексапилна (bg) (seksapilna)
- Catalan: voluptuós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 凹凸有致 (āotūyǒuzhì), 豐滿/丰满 (zh) (fēngmǎn), 肉感 (zh) (ròugǎn)
- Czech: vnadný (cs), kyprý
- Danish: frodig, yppig
- Dutch: voluptueus (nl)
- Finnish: muodokas (fi)
- French: voluptueux (fr), plantureux (fr)
- Galician: voluptuoso m
- Georgian: მოგოზილი (mogozili)
- Hungarian: telt (hu), dús idomú
- Icelandic: þrýstinn
- Irish: cuarúil
- Italian: formoso (it), voluttuoso (it)
- Japanese: 肉感的な (ja) (にっかんてきな, nikkanteki-na), 豊満な (ja) (ほうまんな, hōman-na)
- Latin: sūcidus
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: yppig
- Polish: ponętny (pl)
- Portuguese: voluptuoso (pt)
- Romanian: voluptuos (ro)
- Russian: пы́шный (ru) (pýšnyj), роско́шный (ru) (roskóšnyj), фигу́ристый (ru) (figúristyj), с краси́выми окру́глыми фо́рмами (s krasívymi okrúglymi fórmami)
- Serbo-Croatian: raskošnih oblina
- Spanish: voluptuoso (es)
- Swedish: frodig (sv), yppig (sv)
- Vietnamese: dâm (vi)
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Further reading
- “voluptuous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “voluptuous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “voluptuous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.