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Meaning of SENSUALITY

Pronunciation:  `senshoo'alitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  desire for sensual pleasures
 
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 Synonyms: sensualism, sensualness
 
 See Also: concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sen`su*al"i*ty\, n. [CF. F. sensualit['e], L.
sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.]
The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the
gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in
carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness;
lewdness.
      Those pampered animals That rage in savage sensuality.
                                               --Shak.
      They avoid dress, lest they should have affections
      tainted by any sensuality.               --Addison.
 
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