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   sensual

   /ˈsɛnʃʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure: "the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate" Similar physicalphysically gratifyingcarnalbodilyfleshlyanimalhedonisticepicureansybariticvoluptuaryDionysiacrare:appetitivesexually attractivesexyvoluptuoussultryseductivepassionatesexually exciting/arousingeroticsexualOpposite spiritualmentalasceticpassionless

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense).

   Derivatives

   • 1. sensualism noun
   • 2. sensually adverb

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