- Giving, characterized by, or suggesting ample, unrestrained pleasure to the senses: voluptuous sculptural forms; a voluptuous ripe fruit; a full, voluptuous figure.
- Devoted to or indulging in sensual pleasures.
- Directed toward or anticipating sensual pleasure: voluptuous thoughts.
- Arising from or contributing to the satisfaction of sensuous or sensual desires. See synonyms at sensuous.
[Middle English, from Old French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus, full of pleasure, from voluptās, pleasure.]
voluptuously vo·lup'tu·ous·ly adv.voluptuousness vo·lup'tu·ous·ness n.





