sensualityn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛnsjʊˈalᵻti/,

/ˌsɛnʃʊˈalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌsɛn(t)ʃəˈwælədi/

Forms: Middle English senalite (transmission error), Middle English sensewalyte, Middle English sensuallyte, Middle English senswalyte, Middle English–1500s censualyte, Middle English–1500s sensualitee, Middle English–1500s sensualyte, Middle English–1500s sensualytee, Middle English–1600s sensualite, Middle English–1600s sensualitie, 1500s sensualitye, 1500s sensualytie, 1500s sensualytye, 1500s–1600s sensuallitie, 1500s–1600s sensuallity, 1500s–1600s sensuallitye, 1500s– sensuality. N.E.D. (1912) also records a form late Middle English sensewalite.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French sensualité; Latin sensualitat-, sensualitas.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French sensualité (French sensualité ) the aspect of human nature concerned with the senses and their activity (end of the 12th cent. in Old French as sensualiteit ), attachment to or pursuit of carnal pleasures (beginning of the 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin sensualitat-, sensualitas sensibility, sensitiveness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), sensuousness (from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < sensualis sensual adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly later sensual adj.Compare Catalan sensualitat (14th cent.), Spanish sensualidad (beginning of the 14th cent.), Portuguese sensualidade (14th cent.), Italian sensualità (a1342). In sense 3b after sensual adj. 3b.

a. The aspect of human nature concerned with the senses as opposed to the intellect or spirit; the animal nature of humans, esp. as the source of sensual appetites and desires; (occasionally) †the faculty of sensation (obsolete). Formerly also in plural: †physical needs and desires (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [noun] > animal nature in man

sensualityc1405

animality1616

animala1728

animalness1730

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation

sensible virtuea1398

sensualityc1405

sensitivec1487

sense1553

sensible capacity1593

sentient1603

sensibility1610

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man

fleshc1200

carrion1377

flesh-lusta1400

sensualityc1405

fleshlinessa1425

blooda1599

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §188 God sholde haue lordshipe ouer resoun, & resoun ouer Sensualitee, & Sensualitee ouer the body of man.

c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 135 Þe on, sensualyte, Wyche ys clepyde þe flechly felynge.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vi. §6. 23 The nether party of my saule, that is cald the sensualite.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxx. §11. 107 My saule, that is my sensualite, and myn wambe, that is my fleysse.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 6 How that I myght make Reason & Sensualyte in oon to acorde.

1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 103 I saye reason dothe in a man stay sensualyte, and..knowlege with honestie ruleth the iudgment rude of vnderstandinge.

c1650 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Longer Version (Sloane 2499) (1996) 90 That our sensualite be the vertue of Crists passion be browte up to the substan[c]e .

1662 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Most Excellent & Pathetical Oration 94 Neglecting and repressing the sensualities of the body.

1699 W. Bates Spiritual Perfection ii. 39 Those Sins which have the greatest appearance of Reason, and the least of Sensuality, are the most plausible and prevailing.

1744 R. Challoner tr. Thomas à Kempis Following of Christ iii. liii. 198 He that keeps himself in Subjection, so that his Sensuality is ever subject to Reason,..he is indeed a Conqueror of himself.

1790 Moral & Philos. Suggestions II. 187 Sensuality and reason are in him [sc. man] to be brought into consonance.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 596/2 The grand arcanum of the learned gourmand is the proper sequence of the viands, and the skilful interception of the glass, by which his sensuality is piqued.

1877 D. J. Snider Syst. Shakespeare's Dramas II. ii. 381 She furnishes food both for his intellect and his sensuality.

1920 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 19 244 In man is a conflict between reason and sensuality.

1988 E. Behler in C. G. Thomas Paths from Anc. Greece vii. 122 A deep rooted conflict in the human heart resulting from our composition of sensuality and reason, drive and intellect.

2014 P. C. Morrill Casa del Deán v. 139 According to Obregón, the soul is composed of two distinct aspects, reason and sensuality.

†b. The physical body. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > [noun]

lichamc888

bodyeOE

earthOE

lichOE

bone houseOE

dustc1000

fleshOE

utter mana1050

bonesOE

bodiȝlichc1175

bouka1225

bellyc1275

slimec1315

corpsec1325

vesselc1360

tabernaclec1374

carrion1377

corsec1386

personc1390

claya1400

carcass1406

lump of claya1425

sensuality?a1425

corpusc1440

God's imagea1450

bulka1475

natural body1526

outward man1526

quarrons1567

blood bulk1570

skinfula1592

flesh-rind1593

clod1595

anatomy1597

veil1598

microcosm1601

machine1604

outwall1608

lay part1609

machina1612

cabinet1614

automaton1644

case1655

mud wall1662

structure1671

soul case1683

incarnation1745

personality1748

personage1785

man1830

embodiment1850

flesh-stuff1855

corporeity1865

chassis1930

soma1958

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 168 (MED) Thanne is sich a soule..so myche maad fatt of þe abundaunce of þat mete þat þe aray and cloþing of her owne sensualyte, þat is, of her body, brekeþ of as to þe sencible appetyte.

?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxviii. f. 99^v (MED) Withouten it self it [sc. the soul] schal be mortified & pyned in þe sensualite eiþer bi diuers seknes or bi felable tourmentynge of þe fende.

†c. The carnal or fleshly elements of human nature, regarded as a source of evil. Also in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man > regarded as a source of evil

sensualityc1440

c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 16 Þe saule es puneschede in the sensualite, and þe flesche es partynere of þe payne.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxviii. f. lxxiij^v This is the sensualite of man that draweth hym to synne & to bestly lustes.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxiv. 8 (MED) In the senalite [read sensualite] ȝit we fele sklythirynge and lust.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xl^v Suffre not your soules damned and lost to be By vayne lust and carnall sensualyte.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 150 And that the reason desyreth. the sensualyte ageyne sayth.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard ix. 62 It pleaseth him to fortifie and strengthen vs, euen to ouercome..sensualitie.

a1651 C. Love Heavens Glory (1653) iv. 62 Here is comfort, if you see the world overgrown with sensualities.

1739 I. Watts World to Come 103 We have put on also the Image of the Brute in sinfull Appetites and Sensualities, and in the lusts of the Flesh.

a. Physical pleasure or gratification of the senses, esp. with regard to sexual activity, or to food and drink. In early use chiefly with pejorative connotation: lust, greed, or other sensual self-indulgence. Later, in neutral or positive sense: enjoyment of sensual pleasures, esp. sexual gratification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > source or instance of sensuous pleasure

likingeOE

feasta1393

sensualityc1425

contentation1569

contentment1579

sugar candy1591

content1594

sugar-plum1608

contentingc1620

gratification1711

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun]

delice?c1225

delicacya1393

sensualityc1425

voluptuousness1508

sensualness1530

luxuriousness1542

deliciousness1548

epicurism1570

epicurity1574

carnal-mindedness1607

Epicureanism1726

sensualism1760

pleasurehood1842

fleshly-mindedness1846

apolausticism1883

sensism1890

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1823 (MED) Discrecioun..schulde þe haue lad From þe tracis of sensualite, Þouȝ it ful selde in mannys power be.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 230 And yf be sensualyte..Synnyst dedly þou xalt not þerfore dyspeyre.

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.i But best it is that he maryed be For to eschewe all yll censualyte.

1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. clxxiiii^v Hauand na regaird to the commandementis of God bot to thair awin sensualitie and filthy lustis and plesoure thairof.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 100 Mar not her [sc. thy soul's] sense with Sensualitie.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 7 Loose and dissolute persons, abandoned to all sensualitie.

a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 14 Taxing his sensualitie and drunkennesse.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. v. 23 To use Wine, yea, much Wine or strong Drink for meer Appetite instead of a little for health, is sinful sensuality.

1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. preached at Temple Church I. xiv. 394 Sense produces no Sensuality, till it warms the Affections with the Pleasures of the World.

1782 H. Vestina Convito Amoroso (ed. 2) 77 Far different [from Love] are the nature and effects of the gross, momentary, degrading fury of lust, or mere carnal sensuality.

1838 E. Brown Serm. iv. 65 Some are under the dominion of the grosser lusts, as drunkenness and sensuality.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 150 Judging the sensuality of a nation by its statistics of illegitimate births.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 16 The once hardy, abstemious mode of living degenerated into grossness and sensuality.

1885 N.Y. Med. Abstr. 5 125/1 My sensuality has manifested itself..in a violent desire to see boys of my own age or men, in a nude state.

1934 B. Penton Landtakers iii. ix. 286 His sensuality was too urgent, her desire clouded by purposes too obscure for the gaieties of lovemaking.

1970 E. Gray Compl. Guide to Tarot iv. 90 Too much sensuality, overindulgence in food and drink.

1997 M. Keyes Rachel's Holiday xxvi. 221 I felt so empowered by my unusually raunchy behaviour—I was a woman in touch with her sensuality.

2007 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 20/4 Concentrate on other physical ways of expressing tenderness and sensuality, from hand-holding and stroking to massage.

b. In plural. Physical and sensual pleasures and pursuits, esp. lustful inclinations. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]

incontinencec1384

unchastityc1384

adulteryc1405

bawdry1460

sensualities1477

incontinency1485

unchasteness1530

dishonesty1535

immorality?1566

inconstancy1581

inchastity1590

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]

lustc1000

goleheada1325

luxury1340

luxurec1374

concupiscencec1386

gigletrya1387

nicetya1387

flesh-lusta1400

lovereda1400

sensualities1477

lascivity1490

lubricitya1492

libidinosity1509

luxuriousness1542

veneriousness1547

rammishness1552

luxe1558

ustion1559

lustinessa1575

luxurity1576

lusting1580

by-lusting1583

lasciviousness1590

lusciousness1594

epithymy1600

concupiscency1608

libidinousness1611

lustfulness1611

concupiscentiality1612

rampancy1652

venereousness1659

ustulation1660

lasciviency1664

salaciousness1727

lech1796

lustihood1798

randinessc1890

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 4^v The ignorante men wol not abstyne them from their sensualitees.

?1537 tr. Erasmus Declamatio Med. sig. B.ii If they [sc. the affections] be iudged vnworthy to bere the name of man whiche after the fashon of brute beastes be drawen and caried w^t lustes and sensualities, surely than we owe to the phisicians a great parte of the worthynes of this name.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 321 Those capable of indulging in the pleasures and sensualities of a luxuriant table.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 8/1 A Poet Laureate readily tolerated what he called ‘the most innocent of sensualities’ [i.e. snuff-taking].

1959 M. Hasan Kashmir under Sultans iii. 31 His sensualities led him to commit acts of incest.

†3.

a. Absorption in temporal or worldly concerns rather than intellectual or spiritual interests; worldliness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man > following of instead of higher nature

sensualityc1450

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 678 This is the wey[e] of Reson... But the tother..Ys..The wey of sensualyte, Which set his entente in al To thinges that be temporal.

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 19 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 65 Diverse of the Kinges Subjectes turnynge their knowledge therein to satisfye their sensualitye.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 159^v Wherby the mynd of man, voide from his own sensualitie of flesh, bendeth it selfe wholly to the will of Gods spirite.

1613 A. Whitaker Good Newes from Virginia Ep. Ded.sig. C3^v Hee that rowseth..the worldling out of his sensualitie, doth but trouble himselfe in vaine.

b. Wilful obstinacy. Cf. sensual adj. 3b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > wilfulness

willOE

wilfulnessc1200

wilfulshipc1200

own-willa1225

wilsomenessa1382

wilfulheadc1385

headiness1447

self-willa1450

self-willednessc1450

willerdoma1475

wilfulheadness1485

self-wilfulness1511

sensuality1536

headstrongness1598

self-williness1611

prodigity1623

1536 R. Cowley in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 370 Certain rynge leaders..applying moore to theire awne sensualities, singuler proffites, and affeccions, then to any good reason.

1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 95 I do take him to be..a man more mete to be governed, than to governe, for all his interprises be made upon his awne sensualitie, withowt thadvise..of thois that been put in trust by the Kingis Majestie.

1544 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 502 But..what for ther owne pryvate censualyte to ther olde ravyne and customes, no doubte bothe the saide M^cCharties..woll joyne with hym.

4. The condition of being pleasing or fulfilling to the senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > quality of appealing to senses

lusciousness1594

sensuosity1721

sensuousness1829

sensuality1894

1894 L. Hearn Let. 3 Nov. in Atlantic Monthly (1910) Feb. 212/2 In this nineteenth century we are beginning to make war upon even intellectual sensuality,—the pleasure in emotional music,—the pleasure in physical grace as a study,—the pleasure in colored language and musical periods.

1916 W. H. Wright Creative Will i. 72 The result was an art which was an added comfort to the home—an art with a sensuality of vision which reflected the sensuality of life.

1975 Texas Monthly Sept. 78/1 One of the city's saving graces, is its sensuality... Mexico city is sensual in a very literal way: it assaults, delights, and occasionally overwhelms the senses.

1990 Interview Mar. 34/1 There is a sensuality in food.

1990 K. S. Robinson Pacific Edge (1992) 114 They were happy just to swim. Cool salt tang, the luxurious sensuality of immersion, flotation, the return to the sea.

2004 Gramophone Aug. 42/2 He is equally impressive in Takemitsu's more intimate sound world, paring down his tone to a fine, glistening strand, while also exploring the music's fragile sensuality.

2014 Flybe Uncovered Jan. 157 A thrill of pure freshness with the sensuality of a guaiac wood base note.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sensuality
释义	sensualityn. Brit. /ˌsɛnsjʊˈalᵻti/, /ˌsɛnʃʊˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsɛn(t)ʃəˈwælədi/ Forms: Middle English senalite (transmission error), Middle English sensewalyte, Middle English sensuallyte, Middle English senswalyte, Middle English–1500s censualyte, Middle English–1500s sensualitee, Middle English–1500s sensualyte, Middle English–1500s sensualytee, Middle English–1600s sensualite, Middle English–1600s sensualitie, 1500s sensualitye, 1500s sensualytie, 1500s sensualytye, 1500s–1600s sensuallitie, 1500s–1600s sensuallity, 1500s–1600s sensuallitye, 1500s– sensuality. N.E.D. (1912) also records a form late Middle English sensewalite. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French sensualité; Latin sensualitat-, sensualitas. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French sensualité (French sensualité ) the aspect of human nature concerned with the senses and their activity (end of the 12th cent. in Old French as sensualiteit ), attachment to or pursuit of carnal pleasures (beginning of the 15th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin sensualitat-, sensualitas sensibility, sensitiveness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), sensuousness (from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < sensualis sensual adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly later sensual adj.Compare Catalan sensualitat (14th cent.), Spanish sensualidad (beginning of the 14th cent.), Portuguese sensualidade (14th cent.), Italian sensualità (a1342). In sense 3b after sensual adj. 3b. 1. a. The aspect of human nature concerned with the senses as opposed to the intellect or spirit; the animal nature of humans, esp. as the source of sensual appetites and desires; (occasionally) †the faculty of sensation (obsolete). Formerly also in plural: †physical needs and desires (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > people > [noun] > animal nature in man sensualityc1405 animality1616 animala1728 animalness1730 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > faculty of sensation sensible virtuea1398 sensualityc1405 sensitivec1487 sense1553 sensible capacity1593 sentient1603 sensibility1610 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man fleshc1200 carrion1377 flesh-lusta1400 sensualityc1405 fleshlinessa1425 blooda1599 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §188 God sholde haue lordshipe ouer resoun, & resoun ouer Sensualitee, & Sensualitee ouer the body of man. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 135 Þe on, sensualyte, Wyche ys clepyde þe flechly felynge. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vi. §6. 23 The nether party of my saule, that is cald the sensualite. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxx. §11. 107 My saule, that is my sensualite, and myn wambe, that is my fleysse. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 6 How that I myght make Reason & Sensualyte in oon to acorde. 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 103 I saye reason dothe in a man stay sensualyte, and..knowlege with honestie ruleth the iudgment rude of vnderstandinge. c1650 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Longer Version (Sloane 2499) (1996) 90 That our sensualite be the vertue of Crists passion be browte up to the substan[c]e . 1662 tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Most Excellent & Pathetical Oration 94 Neglecting and repressing the sensualities of the body. 1699 W. Bates Spiritual Perfection ii. 39 Those Sins which have the greatest appearance of Reason, and the least of Sensuality, are the most plausible and prevailing. 1744 R. Challoner tr. Thomas à Kempis Following of Christ iii. liii. 198 He that keeps himself in Subjection, so that his Sensuality is ever subject to Reason,..he is indeed a Conqueror of himself. 1790 Moral & Philos. Suggestions II. 187 Sensuality and reason are in him [sc. man] to be brought into consonance. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 596/2 The grand arcanum of the learned gourmand is the proper sequence of the viands, and the skilful interception of the glass, by which his sensuality is piqued. 1877 D. J. Snider Syst. Shakespeare's Dramas II. ii. 381 She furnishes food both for his intellect and his sensuality. 1920 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 19 244 In man is a conflict between reason and sensuality. 1988 E. Behler in C. G. Thomas Paths from Anc. Greece vii. 122 A deep rooted conflict in the human heart resulting from our composition of sensuality and reason, drive and intellect. 2014 P. C. Morrill Casa del Deán v. 139 According to Obregón, the soul is composed of two distinct aspects, reason and sensuality. †b. The physical body. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > [noun] lichamc888 bodyeOE earthOE lichOE bone houseOE dustc1000 fleshOE utter mana1050 bonesOE bodiȝlichc1175 bouka1225 bellyc1275 slimec1315 corpsec1325 vesselc1360 tabernaclec1374 carrion1377 corsec1386 personc1390 claya1400 carcass1406 lump of claya1425 sensuality?a1425 corpusc1440 God's imagea1450 bulka1475 natural body1526 outward man1526 quarrons1567 blood bulk1570 skinfula1592 flesh-rind1593 clod1595 anatomy1597 veil1598 microcosm1601 machine1604 outwall1608 lay part1609 machina1612 cabinet1614 automaton1644 case1655 mud wall1662 structure1671 soul case1683 incarnation1745 personality1748 personage1785 man1830 embodiment1850 flesh-stuff1855 corporeity1865 chassis1930 soma1958 ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 168 (MED) Thanne is sich a soule..so myche maad fatt of þe abundaunce of þat mete þat þe aray and cloþing of her owne sensualyte, þat is, of her body, brekeþ of as to þe sencible appetyte. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxviii. f. 99^v (MED) Withouten it self it [sc. the soul] schal be mortified & pyned in þe sensualite eiþer bi diuers seknes or bi felable tourmentynge of þe fende. †c. The carnal or fleshly elements of human nature, regarded as a source of evil. Also in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man > regarded as a source of evil sensualityc1440 c1440 (?a1396) W. Hilton in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 16 Þe saule es puneschede in the sensualite, and þe flesche es partynere of þe payne. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxviii. f. lxxiij^v This is the sensualite of man that draweth hym to synne & to bestly lustes. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxiv. 8 (MED) In the senalite [read sensualite] ȝit we fele sklythirynge and lust. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xl^v Suffre not your soules damned and lost to be By vayne lust and carnall sensualyte. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 150 And that the reason desyreth. the sensualyte ageyne sayth. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard ix. 62 It pleaseth him to fortifie and strengthen vs, euen to ouercome..sensualitie. a1651 C. Love Heavens Glory (1653) iv. 62 Here is comfort, if you see the world overgrown with sensualities. 1739 I. Watts World to Come 103 We have put on also the Image of the Brute in sinfull Appetites and Sensualities, and in the lusts of the Flesh. 2. a. Physical pleasure or gratification of the senses, esp. with regard to sexual activity, or to food and drink. In early use chiefly with pejorative connotation: lust, greed, or other sensual self-indulgence. Later, in neutral or positive sense: enjoyment of sensual pleasures, esp. sexual gratification. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > source or instance of sensuous pleasure likingeOE feasta1393 sensualityc1425 contentation1569 contentment1579 sugar candy1591 content1594 sugar-plum1608 contentingc1620 gratification1711 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] delice?c1225 delicacya1393 sensualityc1425 voluptuousness1508 sensualness1530 luxuriousness1542 deliciousness1548 epicurism1570 epicurity1574 carnal-mindedness1607 Epicureanism1726 sensualism1760 pleasurehood1842 fleshly-mindedness1846 apolausticism1883 sensism1890 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 1823 (MED) Discrecioun..schulde þe haue lad From þe tracis of sensualite, Þouȝ it ful selde in mannys power be. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 230 And yf be sensualyte..Synnyst dedly þou xalt not þerfore dyspeyre. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.i But best it is that he maryed be For to eschewe all yll censualyte. 1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. clxxiiii^v Hauand na regaird to the commandementis of God bot to thair awin sensualitie and filthy lustis and plesoure thairof. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 100 Mar not her [sc. thy soul's] sense with Sensualitie. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 7 Loose and dissolute persons, abandoned to all sensualitie. a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 14 Taxing his sensualitie and drunkennesse. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 1 Tim. v. 23 To use Wine, yea, much Wine or strong Drink for meer Appetite instead of a little for health, is sinful sensuality. 1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. preached at Temple Church I. xiv. 394 Sense produces no Sensuality, till it warms the Affections with the Pleasures of the World. 1782 H. Vestina Convito Amoroso (ed. 2) 77 Far different [from Love] are the nature and effects of the gross, momentary, degrading fury of lust, or mere carnal sensuality. 1838 E. Brown Serm. iv. 65 Some are under the dominion of the grosser lusts, as drunkenness and sensuality. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 150 Judging the sensuality of a nation by its statistics of illegitimate births. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 16 The once hardy, abstemious mode of living degenerated into grossness and sensuality. 1885 N.Y. Med. Abstr. 5 125/1 My sensuality has manifested itself..in a violent desire to see boys of my own age or men, in a nude state. 1934 B. Penton Landtakers iii. ix. 286 His sensuality was too urgent, her desire clouded by purposes too obscure for the gaieties of lovemaking. 1970 E. Gray Compl. Guide to Tarot iv. 90 Too much sensuality, overindulgence in food and drink. 1997 M. Keyes Rachel's Holiday xxvi. 221 I felt so empowered by my unusually raunchy behaviour—I was a woman in touch with her sensuality. 2007 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 20/4 Concentrate on other physical ways of expressing tenderness and sensuality, from hand-holding and stroking to massage. b. In plural. Physical and sensual pleasures and pursuits, esp. lustful inclinations. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] incontinencec1384 unchastityc1384 adulteryc1405 bawdry1460 sensualities1477 incontinency1485 unchasteness1530 dishonesty1535 immorality?1566 inconstancy1581 inchastity1590 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] lustc1000 goleheada1325 luxury1340 luxurec1374 concupiscencec1386 gigletrya1387 nicetya1387 flesh-lusta1400 lovereda1400 sensualities1477 lascivity1490 lubricitya1492 libidinosity1509 luxuriousness1542 veneriousness1547 rammishness1552 luxe1558 ustion1559 lustinessa1575 luxurity1576 lusting1580 by-lusting1583 lasciviousness1590 lusciousness1594 epithymy1600 concupiscency1608 libidinousness1611 lustfulness1611 concupiscentiality1612 rampancy1652 venereousness1659 ustulation1660 lasciviency1664 salaciousness1727 lech1796 lustihood1798 randinessc1890 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 4^v The ignorante men wol not abstyne them from their sensualitees. ?1537 tr. Erasmus Declamatio Med. sig. B.ii If they [sc. the affections] be iudged vnworthy to bere the name of man whiche after the fashon of brute beastes be drawen and caried w^t lustes and sensualities, surely than we owe to the phisicians a great parte of the worthynes of this name. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 321 Those capable of indulging in the pleasures and sensualities of a luxuriant table. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 8/1 A Poet Laureate readily tolerated what he called ‘the most innocent of sensualities’ [i.e. snuff-taking]. 1959 M. Hasan Kashmir under Sultans iii. 31 His sensualities led him to commit acts of incest. †3. a. Absorption in temporal or worldly concerns rather than intellectual or spiritual interests; worldliness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > the fleshly nature of man > following of instead of higher nature sensualityc1450 c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 678 This is the wey[e] of Reson... But the tother..Ys..The wey of sensualyte, Which set his entente in al To thinges that be temporal. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edward VI c. 19 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 65 Diverse of the Kinges Subjectes turnynge their knowledge therein to satisfye their sensualitye. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 159^v Wherby the mynd of man, voide from his own sensualitie of flesh, bendeth it selfe wholly to the will of Gods spirite. 1613 A. Whitaker Good Newes from Virginia Ep. Ded.sig. C3^v Hee that rowseth..the worldling out of his sensualitie, doth but trouble himselfe in vaine. b. Wilful obstinacy. Cf. sensual adj. 3b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > wilfulness willOE wilfulnessc1200 wilfulshipc1200 own-willa1225 wilsomenessa1382 wilfulheadc1385 headiness1447 self-willa1450 self-willednessc1450 willerdoma1475 wilfulheadness1485 self-wilfulness1511 sensuality1536 headstrongness1598 self-williness1611 prodigity1623 1536 R. Cowley in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 370 Certain rynge leaders..applying moore to theire awne sensualities, singuler proffites, and affeccions, then to any good reason. 1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 95 I do take him to be..a man more mete to be governed, than to governe, for all his interprises be made upon his awne sensualitie, withowt thadvise..of thois that been put in trust by the Kingis Majestie. 1544 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 502 But..what for ther owne pryvate censualyte to ther olde ravyne and customes, no doubte bothe the saide M^cCharties..woll joyne with hym. 4. The condition of being pleasing or fulfilling to the senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > quality of appealing to senses lusciousness1594 sensuosity1721 sensuousness1829 sensuality1894 1894 L. Hearn Let. 3 Nov. in Atlantic Monthly (1910) Feb. 212/2 In this nineteenth century we are beginning to make war upon even intellectual sensuality,—the pleasure in emotional music,—the pleasure in physical grace as a study,—the pleasure in colored language and musical periods. 1916 W. H. Wright Creative Will i. 72 The result was an art which was an added comfort to the home—an art with a sensuality of vision which reflected the sensuality of life. 1975 Texas Monthly Sept. 78/1 One of the city's saving graces, is its sensuality... Mexico city is sensual in a very literal way: it assaults, delights, and occasionally overwhelms the senses. 1990 Interview Mar. 34/1 There is a sensuality in food. 1990 K. S. Robinson Pacific Edge (1992) 114 They were happy just to swim. Cool salt tang, the luxurious sensuality of immersion, flotation, the return to the sea. 2004 Gramophone Aug. 42/2 He is equally impressive in Takemitsu's more intimate sound world, paring down his tone to a fine, glistening strand, while also exploring the music's fragile sensuality. 2014 Flybe Uncovered Jan. 157 A thrill of pure freshness with the sensuality of a guaiac wood base note. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1405
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