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单词 sensuousness
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sensuousnessn.

Brit. /ˈsɛnsjʊəsnəs/, /ˈsɛnʃʊəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)wəsnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sensuous adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < sensuous adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being sensuous (in various senses).
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > quality of appealing to senses
lusciousness1594
sensuosity1721
sensuousness1829
sensuality1894
1829 Oxf. Lit. Gaz. 20 May 85/2 Poets..are chiefly characterized by their sensuousness, by the intense vividness with which they describe the effect of any object on the senses.
a1876 G. Dawson Shakespeare & Other Lect. (1888) 16 None can help having a certain admiration for sensuous nature when very beautiful... She [sc. Ophelia] was the perfection of sensuousness.
1903 L. C. Smithers Burton's Arabian Nights 7 The..sensuousness of the hot-skied East glows from every tale.
1977 Gramophone June 64/1 A lack of sensuousness and ardour in the first half of the work is something which many Straussians won't readily forgive.
2008 Independent 1 Feb. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 20/4 Sensuousness she does in spades: the new novel is as stuffed full of food, sex and appetites as any of her previous books.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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