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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having strong sexual appeal;
- Example: "juicy barmaids"
- Example: "a red-hot mama"
- Example: "a voluptuous woman"
- Example: "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
[syn: juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous]

2. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;
- Example: "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"
- Example: "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
[syn: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed]

3. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;
- Example: "an epicurean banquet"
- Example: "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
- Example: "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"
- Example: "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
[syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\, a. [F. voluptueux, L. voluptuosus,
   fr. voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully;
   probably akin to Gr. ? to hope, ? hope, and to L. velle to
   wish. See Voluntary.]
   1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the
      senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification;
      exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual.
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            Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
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            Sink back into your voluptuous repose. --De Quincey.
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   2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging
      to excess in sensual gratifications. "The jolly and
      voluptuous livers." --Atterbury.
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            Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
                                                  --Milton.
      [1913 Webster] -- Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly, adv. --
      Vo*lup"tu*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voluptuous
    adj 1: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot
           mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a
           tight dress" [syn: juicy, luscious, red-hot,
           toothsome, voluptuous]
    2: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;
       "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young
       woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy, busty, buxom,
       curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy,
       stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed]
    3: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;
       "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a
       crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent
       the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a
       chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" [syn: epicurean,
       luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary,
       voluptuous]