sensuality
pronunciation
How to pronounce sensuality in British English:
UK [ˌsenʃʊ'ælətɪ]
How to pronounce sensuality in American English:
US [ˌsenʃʊ'ælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- desire for sensual pleasures
Word Origin
- sensuality (n.)
- mid-14c., "the part of man that is concerned with the senses," from Old French sensualite "the five senses; impression," from Late Latin sensualitatem (nominative sensualitas) "capacity for sensation," from Latin sensualis "endowed with feeling, sensitive," from sensus "feeling" (see sense (n.)). Chiefly "animal instincts and appetites," hence "the lower nature regarded as a source of evil, lusts of the flesh" (1620s).
Example
- 1. The sensitive appetite is one generic power , and is called sensuality .
- 2. You have grace and kindness and sensuality .
- 3. Sensuality is important when buying a car or a house .
- 4. The voice was deep , alluring , and oozing sensuality .
- 5. A city or place of great luxury , sensuality , and often vice and corruption .