curvaceous

[kur-vey-shuhs] Origin

cur·va·ceous

[kur-vey-shuhs]
adjective Informal.
(of a woman) having a well-shaped figure with voluptuous curves.
Also, cur·va·cious.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; curve + -aceous

cur·va·ceous·ly, cur·va·cious·ly, adverb
cur·va·ceous·ness, cur·va·cious·ness, noun
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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curvaceous (kɜːˈveɪʃəs)
 
adj
informal (esp of a woman) having shapely curves or a well-rounded body
 
cur'vaceously
 
adv

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curvaceous
1936, U.S. colloquial, from curve + facetious use of Mod.L. botanical suffix meaning "of a certain kind." First recorded reference is to Mae West.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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