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voluptuous

adjective
 
 
/vəˈlʌp.tju.əs/

Definition

describes a woman who has a soft, curved, sexually attractive body: a voluptuous body/mouth/figureSexual attractionAttractive literary describes an experience or object that gives you a lot of pleasure because it feels extremely soft and comfortable or it sounds or looks extremely beautiful: such voluptuous pleasure I sank into the bed's voluptuous warmth.AttractiveSexual attractionSmart and elegant voluptuously
 
 
/-li/ adverb literary
voluptuousness
 
 
/-nəs/ noun [U]
Beauty and attractiveness
(Definition of voluptuous adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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