voluptuousness

as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures a painting by the 19th-century artist Ingres that vividly portrays the languorous voluptuousness of a sultan's seraglio

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Noun
  • Featuring sensual stylings and formfitting silhouettes, Perry’s designs cater to a feminine sensibility with a mix of sensuality and contemporary playfulness.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But ideas, too, carry passion, sensuality, and even body memory; a tweed untransfigured by ideas of desire is just a tweed.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This obsession with efficiency and greed — that’s what’s driving AI.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In his new book, 1929, Sorkin takes the most famous stock crash in history and turns it into a thrilling saga of greed, folly, and despair that resonates with present times.
    Jim Kelly, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Voluptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluptuousness. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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