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• sensuous — sensuous, sensual, luxurious, voluptuous, sybaritic, epicurean are comparable when they mean having to do with the gratification of the senses or providing pleasure by gratifying the senses. Both sensuous and sensual can imply reference to the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• sensuous — [sen′sho͞o əs] adj. [< L sensus, SENSE + OUS] 1. of, derived from, based on, affecting, appealing to, or perceived by the senses 2. readily susceptible through the senses; enjoying the pleasures of sensation sensuously adv. sensuousness n. SYN …   English World dictionary

• sensuous — adjective 1) they lived amid sensuous surroundings Syn: aesthetically pleasing, gratifying, rich, sumptuous, luxurious; sensory, sensorial 2) sensuous lips Syn: sexually attractive, sexy, seductive, voluptuous …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sensuous — adjective Etymology: Latin sensus sense + English ous Date: 1640 1. a. of or relating to the senses or sensible objects b. producing or characterized by gratification of the senses ; having strong sensory appeal < sensuous pleasure > 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sensuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sensitive, aesthetic, hedonistic; emotional, pleasurable. See sensibility, pleasure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sensual, passionate, physical, exciting, sumptuous, luscious, voluptuous, luxurious,… …   English dictionary for students

• sensuous — Synonyms and related words: Dionysian, appealing, attractive, bacchic, bewitching, captivating, charming, delightful, dionysiac, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, entrancing, epicurean, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, fleshy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sensual, sensuous — Several terms refer to satisfaction of the senses, among them sensual, sensuous, epicurean, luxurious, and voluptuous. Sensual applies to the physical senses only. Sensuous refers to what is experienced through all the senses, especially those… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• Middle way — For the book by Harold Macmillan, see The Middle Way. For the Aristotelian notion of middle state , see Golden mean (philosophy). Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Port …   Wikipedia

• voluptuary — /vəˈlʌptʃuəri / (say vuh lupchoohuhree) noun (plural voluptuaries) 1. someone given up to luxurious or sensuous pleasures. –adjective 2. relating to or characterised by luxurious or sensuous pleasures: voluptuary habits. {Latin voluptuārius,… …  

• Colette — /koh let , keuh , ko /; Fr. /kaw let /, n. 1. (Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette) 1873 1954, French author. 2. a female given name. * * * in full Sidonie Gabrielle Colette born Jan. 28, 1873, Saint Sauveur en Puisaye, France died Aug. 3, 1954,… …   Universalium

• Buddhism — • The religious, monastic system, founded c. 500 B.C. on the basis of pantheistic Brahminism Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Buddhism     Buddhism      …   Catholic encyclopedia