voluptuousadj.

Brit.

/vəˈlʌptʃʊəs/,

/vəˈlʌptjʊəs/, U.S.

/vəˈləp(t)ʃ(əw)əs/

Forms: Also Middle English voluptuose, Scottish woluptous, Middle English1500s voluptuouse.

Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) voluptueux, -euse (= Spanish voluptuoso , Portuguese voluptuoso , Italian voluttuoso ), or Latin voluptuōsus (Pliny, etc.), < voluptas pleasure, volupty n. Compare volupteous adj.

1. Of or pertaining to, derived from, resting in, characterized by, gratification of the senses, esp. in a refined or luxurious manner; marked by indulgence in sensual pleasures; luxuriously sensuous:

a. Of desires or appetites.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > relating to sensual pleasure

voluptuousc1374

voluptuary1605

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1573 Love ne drof yow nought to don this dede, But lust voluptuous, and cowarde drede.

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 4714 To soiourne in the Erbere..Oonly ordeyned for delyte And voluptuouse appetyte.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. v/1 This techith vs our sauyour for to kepe vs from voluptuous desyres.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DD^v Abstynence from the carnall voluptuous appetyte of the flesshe.

c1540 Resignation Northampton Priory in M. Prance Addit. Narr. (1679) 36 The supporters of our voluptuose and Carnal Appetite.

1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 30 God..hath corrected the Boundlessness of his Voluptuous desires, by stinting his strengths, and contracting his Capacities.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 546 [Dancing girls, who] communicate, by a natural contagion, the most voluptuous desires to the beholders.

b. Of pleasure or pleasurable sensations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > of sensations

voluptuousc1407

effeminate1604

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 2022 Venus..goddesse is of al plesaunce, Of lust, and fleshly appetyte, And of voluptuous delyte.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 242 Solyman..lay in great securitie..passing his time in all voluptuous pleasure.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xiv. 96 Because I believe you are desirous to know, how they receive and take in those voluptuous injoyments.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §5. 12 That smooth and voluptuous satisfaction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 40 If thou might'st dwell among the Gods the while Lapped in voluptuous joy?

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius i. 10 The long voluptuous dream came to a startling end.

1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 397/2 Excessive voluptuous sensations may be the result of peripheral or central causes.

in extended use.1614 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 173 Out of a voluptuous loathnesse to let that taste go out of my mouth.1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 2 Spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me.

c. Of modes of life or conduct.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective]

delicatea1393

deliciousa1393

voluptuous?a1475

pampereda1529

volupteousa1535

wealy1545

lascivious1589

smoothed1600

luxurious1606

luxuriose1727

high life1733

Vie Parisienne1890

decadent1967

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 79 The luffe of the cuntre and elegancy voluptuous deceyvide his grevous labors.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 209 Hauing in these & suche other like voluptuous vanities consumed a great part of the treasure.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 82 They subornit him quyitlie to dissobedience,..for by it they thocht they had ane woluptous lyfe.

1582 Bible (Rheims) 2nd Alph. Direct. Voluptuous liuing, one of the thornes that choke the worde.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. ii. 925 The very souldiours were let loose and given over to take voluptuous waies.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 211 He as easily surmounteth all his voluptuous irregularities, as he doth his most violent revels.

1685 T. Otway Windsor Castle 7 The Priests who humble Temp'rance should profess, Sought silken Robes and fat voluptuous Ease.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 95 By his voluptuous unthinking course of life he ran in debt.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. i. 68 The gallant warrior starts from soft repose, from golden visions and voluptuous ease.

a1822 P. B. Shelley To Constantia Singing in Posthumous Poems (1824) 144 The breath of summer night, Which..suspends my soul in its voluptuous flight.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 29 A man of voluptuous habits, who desired power as an instrument of sensual indulgence.

d. Of fare or feasting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > rich or luxurious

rich1340

lecherous1474

gaudy1540

voluptuous1544

high1616

genteel1660

decadent1967

1544 Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. B.ii^v Holsome abstinence..from all delicious liuing in voluptuouse fare.

1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things iv. 84 Cleopatra, the last Queene of Egipt,..dyd drinke one so voluptuous a draught, as neuer any dyd before.

1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Kiij Excessive consumption and abuse of Wheat and other Victuals in voluptuous Feasts.

1751 P. Longueville Hermit (new ed.) 10 These Provisions, being something too voluptuous for an Hermit.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 78 The most voluptuous Part of Cookery.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 589 That dissolving jelly which is so voluptuous a rarity at European tables.

e. Of places.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > of places

voluptuous1687

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 39 They tell a thousand other Fopperies of this voluptuous Paradise.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 27 Foodless toads Within voluptuous chambers panting crawled.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 4 A soft southern region, decked out with all the luxuriant charms of voluptuous Italy.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. l. 227 The army was permitted to revel for some time in the enjoyments which the most splendid and voluptuous of Eastern cities offered in profusion.

2. Addicted to sensual pleasure or the gratification of the senses; inclined to ease and luxury; fond of elegant or sumptuous living.

ΘΚΠ

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

sensible?a1425

voluptuousc1440

sensual1502

epicurish1548

epicurious1553

epicureala1555

epicurean1583

volupt1585

flesh-pleasing1647

sensuistic1839

sensuous1858

apolaustic1871

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xviii. 333 The voluptuous flessh, that bereth the fire of glotonye and lechery.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ii. sig. B.ij^v/1 Voluptuous and deintie louers of this world..do without any fruite at all heare Gods worde.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 121 Our Lord Iesus Christ himselfe, who was neither nice nor voluptuous.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 12 The voluptuous person, is a louer of his pleasure more then of God.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 240 The poore are not so voluptuous: they content themselves with drie ryce, herbs, roots.

1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 166 The lustful and voluptuous Person, who sacrifices the Strength and Vigour of his Body to the Rage and Temptation of his Blood.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 411 The bey was a merry fellow, and, like other voluptuous Turks, had his buffoons to divert him.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 26 July (1994) IV. 181 A friend of mine, who courted a Lady of whom he did not know much, was advised to see her eat, and if she was voluptuous at table to forsake her.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 172 The voluptuous and unwarlike people were protected by impregnable walls.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 5 A large building that once had belonged to some voluptuous Roman.

absolute.a1680 S. Butler Char. (1908) 266 The voluptuous is very hard to be pleas'd.1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 160 As if it had been the Rich and Voluptuous, and not the Poor and the Hungry.1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 Characters 13 His high relish of social enjoyment soon brought him into request with the voluptuous of all ranks.1802 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 3/1 To the..Splenetic—the Voluptuous—the Petulant—and the Proud.in extended use.a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 385 And, voluptuous vine, O thou Who seekest most when least pursuing.

a. Imparting a sense of delicious pleasure; suggestive of sensuous pleasures, esp. of a refined or luxurious kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things)

delicatec1400

delicious?c1450

fleshpot1535

lascivious1589

nice1621

mollitious1629

luxurious1650

luxuriant1671

voluptuous1816

de luxe1819

plushy1884

plush1890

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxi. 13 And when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 71 The poet succeeds less in the voluptuous and effeminate descriptions.

1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke I. xli. 301 The seigneur..had..mixed in the voluptuous fascinations of the period.

1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 87 The voluptuous moonlit nights are only like a softer day.

b. Suggestive of sensuous pleasure by fulness and beauty of form.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > having fullness and beauty of form

voluptuous1839

vavoom1955

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > pleasing to the senses > by beauty of form

voluptuous1839

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 277 We recognise his spirit in the sylvan shades and voluptuous forms of Albano and Domenichino.

1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 242 There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 144 The voluptuous image of a Corinthian courtezan.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvi. 252 She was now twenty-six, but had lost none of her voluptuous loveliness.

in extended use.1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 208 He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which out~redden All voluptuous garden-roses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	voluptuous
释义	voluptuousadj. Brit. /vəˈlʌptʃʊəs/, /vəˈlʌptjʊəs/, U.S. /vəˈləp(t)ʃ(əw)əs/ Forms: Also Middle English voluptuose, Scottish woluptous, Middle English1500s voluptuouse. Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) voluptueux, -euse (= Spanish voluptuoso , Portuguese voluptuoso , Italian voluttuoso ), or Latin voluptuōsus (Pliny, etc.), < voluptas pleasure, volupty n. Compare volupteous adj. 1. Of or pertaining to, derived from, resting in, characterized by, gratification of the senses, esp. in a refined or luxurious manner; marked by indulgence in sensual pleasures; luxuriously sensuous: a. Of desires or appetites. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > relating to sensual pleasure voluptuousc1374 voluptuary1605 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1573 Love ne drof yow nought to don this dede, But lust voluptuous, and cowarde drede. c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 4714 To soiourne in the Erbere..Oonly ordeyned for delyte And voluptuouse appetyte. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. v/1 This techith vs our sauyour for to kepe vs from voluptuous desyres. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DD^v Abstynence from the carnall voluptuous appetyte of the flesshe. c1540 Resignation Northampton Priory in M. Prance Addit. Narr. (1679) 36 The supporters of our voluptuose and Carnal Appetite. 1665 R. South Serm. preached before Court 30 God..hath corrected the Boundlessness of his Voluptuous desires, by stinting his strengths, and contracting his Capacities. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 546 [Dancing girls, who] communicate, by a natural contagion, the most voluptuous desires to the beholders. b. Of pleasure or pleasurable sensations. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > of sensations voluptuousc1407 effeminate1604 c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 2022 Venus..goddesse is of al plesaunce, Of lust, and fleshly appetyte, And of voluptuous delyte. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 242 Solyman..lay in great securitie..passing his time in all voluptuous pleasure. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xiv. 96 Because I believe you are desirous to know, how they receive and take in those voluptuous injoyments. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §5. 12 That smooth and voluptuous satisfaction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 40 If thou might'st dwell among the Gods the while Lapped in voluptuous joy? 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius i. 10 The long voluptuous dream came to a startling end. 1888 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 397/2 Excessive voluptuous sensations may be the result of peripheral or central causes. in extended use.1614 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 173 Out of a voluptuous loathnesse to let that taste go out of my mouth.1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 2 Spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me. c. Of modes of life or conduct. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] delicatea1393 deliciousa1393 voluptuous?a1475 pampereda1529 volupteousa1535 wealy1545 lascivious1589 smoothed1600 luxurious1606 luxuriose1727 high life1733 Vie Parisienne1890 decadent1967 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 79 The luffe of the cuntre and elegancy voluptuous deceyvide his grevous labors. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. x. f. 209 Hauing in these & suche other like voluptuous vanities consumed a great part of the treasure. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 82 They subornit him quyitlie to dissobedience,..for by it they thocht they had ane woluptous lyfe. 1582 Bible (Rheims) 2nd Alph. Direct. Voluptuous liuing, one of the thornes that choke the worde. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. ii. 925 The very souldiours were let loose and given over to take voluptuous waies. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 211 He as easily surmounteth all his voluptuous irregularities, as he doth his most violent revels. 1685 T. Otway Windsor Castle 7 The Priests who humble Temp'rance should profess, Sought silken Robes and fat voluptuous Ease. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 95 By his voluptuous unthinking course of life he ran in debt. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. i. 68 The gallant warrior starts from soft repose, from golden visions and voluptuous ease. a1822 P. B. Shelley To Constantia Singing in Posthumous Poems (1824) 144 The breath of summer night, Which..suspends my soul in its voluptuous flight. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 29 A man of voluptuous habits, who desired power as an instrument of sensual indulgence. d. Of fare or feasting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > rich or luxurious rich1340 lecherous1474 gaudy1540 voluptuous1544 high1616 genteel1660 decadent1967 1544 Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. B.ii^v Holsome abstinence..from all delicious liuing in voluptuouse fare. 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things iv. 84 Cleopatra, the last Queene of Egipt,..dyd drinke one so voluptuous a draught, as neuer any dyd before. 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Kiij Excessive consumption and abuse of Wheat and other Victuals in voluptuous Feasts. 1751 P. Longueville Hermit (new ed.) 10 These Provisions, being something too voluptuous for an Hermit. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 78 The most voluptuous Part of Cookery. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 589 That dissolving jelly which is so voluptuous a rarity at European tables. e. Of places. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > of places voluptuous1687 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 39 They tell a thousand other Fopperies of this voluptuous Paradise. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 27 Foodless toads Within voluptuous chambers panting crawled. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 4 A soft southern region, decked out with all the luxuriant charms of voluptuous Italy. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. l. 227 The army was permitted to revel for some time in the enjoyments which the most splendid and voluptuous of Eastern cities offered in profusion. 2. Addicted to sensual pleasure or the gratification of the senses; inclined to ease and luxury; fond of elegant or sumptuous living. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] sensible?a1425 voluptuousc1440 sensual1502 epicurish1548 epicurious1553 epicureala1555 epicurean1583 volupt1585 flesh-pleasing1647 sensuistic1839 sensuous1858 apolaustic1871 c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xviii. 333 The voluptuous flessh, that bereth the fire of glotonye and lechery. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ii. sig. B.ij^v/1 Voluptuous and deintie louers of this world..do without any fruite at all heare Gods worde. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 121 Our Lord Iesus Christ himselfe, who was neither nice nor voluptuous. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 12 The voluptuous person, is a louer of his pleasure more then of God. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 240 The poore are not so voluptuous: they content themselves with drie ryce, herbs, roots. 1670 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 166 The lustful and voluptuous Person, who sacrifices the Strength and Vigour of his Body to the Rage and Temptation of his Blood. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 411 The bey was a merry fellow, and, like other voluptuous Turks, had his buffoons to divert him. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 26 July (1994) IV. 181 A friend of mine, who courted a Lady of whom he did not know much, was advised to see her eat, and if she was voluptuous at table to forsake her. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 172 The voluptuous and unwarlike people were protected by impregnable walls. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 5 A large building that once had belonged to some voluptuous Roman. absolute.a1680 S. Butler Char. (1908) 266 The voluptuous is very hard to be pleas'd.1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) v. 160 As if it had been the Rich and Voluptuous, and not the Poor and the Hungry.1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 Characters 13 His high relish of social enjoyment soon brought him into request with the voluptuous of all ranks.1802 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 3/1 To the..Splenetic—the Voluptuous—the Petulant—and the Proud.in extended use.a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 385 And, voluptuous vine, O thou Who seekest most when least pursuing. 3. a. Imparting a sense of delicious pleasure; suggestive of sensuous pleasures, esp. of a refined or luxurious kind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things) delicatec1400 delicious?c1450 fleshpot1535 lascivious1589 nice1621 mollitious1629 luxurious1650 luxuriant1671 voluptuous1816 de luxe1819 plushy1884 plush1890 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxi. 13 And when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 71 The poet succeeds less in the voluptuous and effeminate descriptions. 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke I. xli. 301 The seigneur..had..mixed in the voluptuous fascinations of the period. 1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 87 The voluptuous moonlit nights are only like a softer day. b. Suggestive of sensuous pleasure by fulness and beauty of form. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > having fullness and beauty of form voluptuous1839 vavoom1955 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adjective] > pleasing to the senses > by beauty of form voluptuous1839 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 277 We recognise his spirit in the sylvan shades and voluptuous forms of Albano and Domenichino. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 242 There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 144 The voluptuous image of a Corinthian courtezan. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvi. 252 She was now twenty-six, but had lost none of her voluptuous loveliness. in extended use.1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington 208 He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy purples, which out~redden All voluptuous garden-roses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1374
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