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English
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Etymology
From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sensual (comparative more sensual, superlative most sensual)
- Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.
That massage was a very sensual experience!
- Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
- Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.
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Translations
inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations
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Further reading
- “sensual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sensual”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sensual”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēnsuālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensuals)
- sensual
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin sēnsuālis, from Latin sēnsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.suˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /sẽˈswaw/
Adjective
sensual m or f (plural sensuais, comparable, comparative mais sensual, superlative o mais sensual or sensualíssimo)
- sexually attractive; sexy
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sēnsuālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /senˈswal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: sen‧sual
Adjective
sensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural sensuales)
- sensual
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