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With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.
Greg Lynn

Meaning of "voluptuous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOLUPTUOUS

From Latin voluptuōsus full of gratification, from voluptās pleasure.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLUPTUOUS

voluptuous  [vəˈlʌptjʊəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLUPTUOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Voluptuous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VOLUPTUOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

voluptuous

Female body shape

Female body shape or female figure is the cumulative product of a woman's skeletal structure and the quantity and distribution of muscle and fat on the body. As with most physical traits, there is a wide range of normality of female body shapes. Attention has been focused on the female body as a source of aesthetic pleasure, sexual attraction, fertility, and reproduction in most human societies. There are, and have been, wide differences in what should be considered an ideal or preferred body shape, both for attractiveness and for health reasons. Women's bodies occur in a range of shapes. Female figures are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences are used to define basic body shapes.

Definition of voluptuous in the English dictionary

The first definition of voluptuous in the dictionary is relating to, characterized by, or consisting of pleasures of the body or senses; sensual. Other definition of voluptuous is disposed, devoted, or addicted to sensual indulgence or luxurious pleasures. Voluptuous is also provocative and sexually alluring, esp through shapeliness or fullness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLUPTUOUS


contemptuous
kənˈtɛmptjʊəs
continuous
kənˈtɪnjʊəs
fastuous
ˈfæstjʊəs
fatuous
ˈfætjʊəs
fructuous
ˈfrʌktjʊəs
impetuous
ɪmˈpɛtjʊəs
incestuous
ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs
infructuous
ɪnˈfrʌktjʊəs
lituus
ˈlɪtjʊəs
presumptuous
prɪˈzʌmptjʊəs
spirituous
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəs
sumptuous
ˈsʌmptjʊəs
tempestuous
tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs
theftuous
ˈθɛftjʊəs
torrentuous
təˈrentjʊəs
tortuous
ˈtɔːtjʊəs
tumultuous
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
unctuous
ˈʌŋktjʊəs
unfructuous
ʌnˈfrʌktjʊəs
untumultuous
ˌʌntjuːˈmʌltjʊəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLUPTUOUS

volunteer
volunteer bureau
volunteer force
Volunteer State
volunteerism
Volunteers in Service to America
Volunteers of America
voluntourism
voluptuaries
voluptuary
voluptuosity
voluptuously
voluptuousness
Voluspa
volutation
volute
voluted
volutin
volution
volutoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLUPTUOUS

anfractuous
arduous
conspicuous
contiguous
deciduous
discontinuous
disingenuous
flatuous
inconspicuous
innocuous
promiscuous
sensuous
sinuous
strenuous
superfluous
tenuous
unambiguous
unpresumptuous
unvirtuous
virtuous

Synonyms and antonyms of voluptuous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VOLUPTUOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «voluptuous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of voluptuous

Translation of «voluptuous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLUPTUOUS

Find out the translation of voluptuous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of voluptuous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «voluptuous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

妖娆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voluptuosa
570 millions of speakers

English

voluptuous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कामुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сладострастное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

voluptuosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্দ্রি়পরায়ণতাপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voluptueux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wollüstig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

官能的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관능적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Voluptuous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khiêu dâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காமாதுர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकर्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şehvetli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voluttuoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lubieżny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хтиве
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voluptos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηδονικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wulpse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kurviga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sensuell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of voluptuous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLUPTUOUS»

The term «voluptuous» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLUPTUOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «voluptuous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «voluptuous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about voluptuous

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10 QUOTES WITH «VOLUPTUOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word voluptuous.
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Vidya Balan
I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!
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Kelly Brook
I've loved acting and dancing since I was a kid. Before anyone thought I was pretty or before I had a voluptuous figure, that was what I was going to do.
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Cameron Diaz
I want to be a big, fleshy voluptuous woman with curves. I want a big bum, but I don't have one.
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Joyce Giraud
I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.
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Hayley Hasselhoff
My first shoot was on a rooftop in swimsuits with two plus-size models who were curvy and voluptuous and beautiful, and they taught me so much about being beautiful in any shape or size.
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Hayley Hasselhoff
I'm comfortable with being a voluptuous woman because I'm not going to be a size two and that's ok with me.
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Hayley Hasselhoff
I'm so glad teenagers can look up to young girls and realize it's okay to be voluptuous.
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Will Hermes
Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
When I started modeling, I was definitely heavier. I was quite voluptuous in fact. I had a real baby face and baby fat. But I was a baby! I was told I had to get into better shape, but I'm quite stubborn so I didn't.
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Greg Lynn
With everything that I design, from a church to a plate to skyscraper to a spoon. I am always thinking about voluptuous volumes and spaces.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLUPTUOUS»

Discover the use of voluptuous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to voluptuous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Against Voluptuous Bodies: Late Modernism and the Meaning of ...
The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno.
J. M. Bernstein, 2006
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Voluptuous Philosophy: Literary Materialism in the French ...
The very definition of "the literary" as an autonomous field, this book suggests, may, ironically, be dependent upon the simultaneous construction of a material world that remains fully immune to its effects.
Natania Meeker, 2006
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Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights: Recipes for Every Season, ...
Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights presents nearly one hundred of her tried-and-true recipes, organized around the four seasons and using the freshest ingredients available.
Sophie Dahl, 2011
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Voluptuous Yearnings: A Feminist Theory of the Obscene
'...a fascinating analysis of the status of the obscene and its representation in pornography in modern culture.... Caputi's thesis is masterfully argued....'-James Glass, University of Maryland
Mary Caputi, 1994
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A Voluptuous God: A Christian Heretic Speaks
The light yet not trivial tone of this work supports the author's basic premise that we are meant to live our humanity joyfully, thankfully, and fully from our hearts.
Robert V. Thompson, 2007
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The voluptuous vegan: more than 200 sinfully delicious ...
A delectable new vegetarian cookbook introduces more than two hundred vegan recipes for a wide range of meatless, eggless, and dairy-free dishes, including both American favorites and exotic international specialties, accompanied by ...
Myra Kornfeld, George Minot, 2000
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An Essay on the Art and Philosophy of Courage, Voluptuous ...
Paintings by Punjabi painters; includes extracts from the works of some Punjabi religious leaders, in English translation, and an article on art.
Harjeet Singh Gill, 1975
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Voluptuous Pleasure: The Truth About the Writing Life
These stories, by acclaimed author Marianne Apostolides, are sensuous and smart, ambiguous but incisive in their truths.
Marianne Apostolides, 2012
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The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam
Nyree and Cia live on a remote farm in the east of what was Rhodesia in the late 1970s.
Lauren Liebenberg, 2011
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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin Mel Gordon. Left and Opposite: Novels about cocaine addiction Whoever stays for any length of time in Berlin hardly. music and cabaret entertainments. Mostly, it was the denizens of Berlin's underworld that ...
Mel Gordon, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLUPTUOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term voluptuous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mariah Carey shows off her voluptuous figure on Malibu break
She's renting a $10,000 a night Malibu beach house for a few days in order to relax before her upcoming concert in Israel. And Mariah Carey, 45, is clearly ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Christina Hendricks shows off her voluptuous figure at Dark Places …
And even when Christina Hendricks opts for a more low key look her voluptuous figure guarantees a spot in the limelight at any Hollywood event. The gorgeous ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Amber Rose showcases her incredibly voluptuous derriere on …
So fans may have been wondering if Amber's decision to wear a white swimsuit was simply a coincidence... or if she really was trying to copy Kim's iconic ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Social Worker Overcomes Homelessness, Ready to Be 'Miss …
Quinniya Hearn was homeless and had to live with her daughter, Phallyn, in a shelter. She now has a home, a job and a spot in the Miss Voluptuous Diva USA ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
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Pilots Fired After Taking Photos With Voluptuous 'Playboy' Model
Pilots Fired After Taking Photos With Voluptuous 'Playboy' Model. Flight. Two pilots were fired Tuesday after the pair took photos with a beautiful model — while ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
6
nigel coates' bump sofa for l'abbate offers voluptuous comfort
expressing the anthropomorphic language that is his signature, nigel coates offers up a new voluptuous seating piece for l'abbate. humorously titled 'bump', the ... «Designboom, Jun 15»
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Coco Austin shows off her voluptuous figure in wild plunging swimsuit
Putting on a voluptuous display, the 36-year-old proved she got the eye of the tiger ... Coco Austin showed off her voluptuous figure in wild swimsuit on Sunday. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Amy Childs showcases her voluptuous assets in colourful string bikini
Amy Childs showed off her incredible figure when she topped up her tan in Dubai. The 24-year-old stepped out into the sunshine wearing a colourful ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
9
Condé Nast Traveler Magazine Grows Voluptuous in Lean Times
As many magazines are slimming down, one that caters to high-end travelers is gaining weight. Starting with its September issue, the luxury travel magazine ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
10
Nigella Lawson shows off her voluptuous curves in black dress
Nigella Lawson shows off her voluptuous curves in black dress. Nigella Lawson leaves One Marylebone in London and appears to have had a good evening as ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

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