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sensuality

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sen·su·al·i·ty

[sen-shoo-al-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
1.
sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
2.
unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasures.
3.
lewdness; unchastity.
Also, sen·su·al·ness.


Origin:
1300–50; Middle English sensualite < Old French < Late Latin sēnsuālitās. See sensual, -ity

an·ti·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun, plural -ties, adjective
hy·per·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun
non·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun
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Example Sentences
  • It's sensuality in suspended time, lingering in the moment, with singer and band savoring every intimate nuance.
  • In her return to the stage at the height of her movie stardom, she radiates magnetism and sensuality.
  • These early people had a knack where sensuality resides.
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sensuality (ˌsɛnsjʊˈælɪtɪ)
 
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
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and appetites," hence "the lower nature regarded as a source of evil, lusts of the flesh" (1620s).
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