单词 | sensualness |
释义 | sensualnessn. rare in 18th cent. = sensuality n. ΘΚΠ 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 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. lxiii Sensualnesse, sensualité. 1608 A. Wotton Trial Romish Clergies Title to Church xiv. 237 All writers haue made an opposition..betwixt Nature and Grace, not betwixt Sensualnesse and Grace. 1653 G. Fox Coll. Christian Epist. (1698) 54 All who are turned from the Light,..their Minds are turned into the Earth, which is a Seat for the Devil, there is the Sensualness, there is the Devilishness and Earthliness. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Sensualness, a gratifying the Senses, a being pleased with Externals. &c. 1831 La Belle Assemblée Nov. 211/1 The knowledge, love, and apprehension of something above sensualness and selfishness. 1895 L. C. Whitelock Mad Madonna v. 154 A sensuous enjoyment of life which is not sensualness. 1933 Sewanee Rev. 41 445 His realism never approaches sordidness or sensualness. His is a rugged realism. 1976 French Rev. 50 202 The relationship takes place shortly after he realizes the sensualness of the female creature. 2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 26 Apr. This film deals with Bharatanatyam, which is known for its sensualness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530 |
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