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† volupteous, a. Obs.
Also -ious.
[Alteration of voluptuous a., probably after volupte(e volupty.]
Voluptuous.
1513More Rich. III (1883) 70 He set his volupteous pleasure before his honor. 1562T. Wilson Rhet. 37 b, The vnstedfastnes..and wickednes of volupteous desire. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 242 False hartednes, volupteous litherie, and al kynd of Viciousness.
Hence † volupteousness. Obs.
1526Tindale Jas. iv. 3 Youre volupteousnes that rayneth in youre members. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. V, 3 b, A private mannes fantesy or volupteousnesse. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 82 There be some that suppose..Paradise, to be situated vnder th' Equinoctiall, as a place of pleasure, voluptiousnes, voide of Alteration, and contrary qualities. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. II. 91 To satisfie the volupteousnes of the ryche. |