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sen·su·ous

   [sen-shoo-uhs]
adjective
1.
perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
2.
readily affected through the senses: a sensuous temperament.
3.
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
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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
COLLAPSE

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

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

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Example Sentences
  • McCormick's dances throughout are sensuous marvels, pungent but never overwrought.
  • Yet lively, sensuous writing saves this plotless novel from thumb-sucking or preachiness.
  • There is a sensuous allure in the curving, swelling architecture of dunes.
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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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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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