antisensuality
ʃuˈæl
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Antisensuality
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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sensuality (ˌsɛnsjʊˈælɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the quality or state of being sensual |
| 2. | excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| sensualist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sensuality
mid-14c., "the part of man that is concerned with the senses," from O.Fr. sensualité, from L.L. sensualitatem (nom. sensualitas) "capacity for sensation," from L. sensualis "endowed with feeling, sensitive," from sensus "feeling" (see sense). Chiefly "animal instincts
and appetites," hence "the lower nature regarded as a source of evil, lusts of the flesh" (1620s).
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