hyper-sensuous

adjective

perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.

readily affected through the senses: a sensuous temperament.

of or pertaining to sensible objects or to the senses.

Origin:
1630–40; < Latin sēnsu(s) sense + -ous

Related forms

sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

sen·su·ous·ness, sen·su·os·i·ty

[sen-shoo-os-i-tee] , noun

an·ti·sen·su·ous, adjective

an·ti·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

an·ti·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

hy·per·sen·su·ous, adjective

hy·per·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

hy·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

non·sen·su·ous, adjective

non·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

non·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

sub·sen·su·ous, adjective

sub·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

sub·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

su·per·sen·su·ous, adjective

su·per·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

su·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

un·sen·su·ous, adjective

un·sen·su·ous·ly, adverb

un·sen·su·ous·ness, noun

Can be confused: sensual, sensuous (see synonym study at sensual).

Synonyms
1. See sensual. 2. feeling, sensible. 3. sentient.

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World English Dictionary

sensuous (ˈsɛnsjʊəs)

—*adj*
1.	aesthetically pleasing to the senses
2.	appreciative of or moved by qualities perceived by the senses
3.	of, relating to, or derived from the senses

[C17: apparently coined by Milton to avoid the unwanted overtones of sensual; not in common use until C19: from Latin sēnsussense + -ous]

'sensuously

—*adv*

'sensuousness

—n

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Word Origin & History

sensuous

1641, "pertaining to the senses" coined (from L. sensus) by Milton to recover the original meaning of sensual (q.v.) and avoid the lascivious connotation that the older word had acquired by Milton's day, but by 1870 sensuous, too, had begun down the same path. Rare before Coleridge popularized it (1814).

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"The very form, the very scent,
not heavy, not sensuous,
but perilous perilous
of orchids, piled in a great sheath."

-Hilda Doolittle

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