voluptuous

Etymology

From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuosus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vəˈlʌp.tʃu.əs/

Adjective

voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)

1. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.

   The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body.

   • 1749, John Cleland, “part 5”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, OCLC 13050889:

     Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms

2. (of a woman) Curvaceous, sexy, full-figured.

   The low neckline of her bodice emphasised her plump, voluptuous figure.

Further reading

• voluptuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• voluptuous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• voluptuous at OneLook Dictionary Search