SENSUALITY

sensuality, sensualness, sensualism

(noun) desire for sensual pleasures

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sensuality (countable and uncountable, plural sensualities)

(uncountable) The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy.

(countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

Source: Wiktionary


Sen`su*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [CF. F. sensualité, L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.]

Definition: The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness. Those pampered animals That rage in savage sensuality. Shak. They avoid dress, lest they should have affections tainted by any sensuality. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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