SENSUOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensuous mean? 

• SENSUOUS (adjective)
  The adjective SENSUOUS has 1 sense:

1. taking delight in beauty

  Familiarity information: SENSUOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSUOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking delight in beauty

Context example:

the sensuous joy from all things fair

Similar:

aesthetic; aesthetical; esthetic; esthetical (concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste)

Derivation:

sense (the faculty through which the external world is apprehended)

sensuousness (a sensuous feeling)

 Context examples 

Any event that takes place within four days of November 12 will be quite beautiful, for it will be under the light of a sensuous Taurus full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was a sensuous, tropic night.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I experienced a positive sensuous delight as I crawled into the bed she had made with her hands.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Sketches of boxers, of ballet-girls, and of racehorses alternated with a sensuous Fragonard, a martial Girardet, and a dreamy Turner.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is a gorgeous full moon—warm, tender, and sensuous.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

His might have been a cherub's mouth, had not the full, sensuous lips a trick, under stress, of drawing firmly across the teeth.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Taurus, the place of the full moon, is a sensuous sign that values beauty and fine taste in all things, so the flowers, music, selection of wines, and delicious food on the menu will likely be outstanding.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The word "sensuous" had the effect of further disquieting Tom but before he could invent a protest the coupé came to a stop and Daisy signalled us to draw up alongside.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Those big movies around Fiftieth Street are cool," suggested Jordan. "I love New York on summer afternoons when every one's away. There's something very sensuous about it—overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)