Vo-lŭpt'ū-ōŭs, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. voluptueux, Pr. voluptuos, Sp. & Pg. voluptuoso, It. voluttuoso, Lat. voluptuosus, from voluptas, pleasure.]

Sense 1. Full of delight or pleasure; ministering to sensual gratification; exciting sensual desire; luxurious; sensual.

Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron.

Sense 2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications. “Softened with . . . voluptuous life.” Milton. “Sink back to your voluptuous repose.” De Quincey.