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SENSUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sensuousness mean?
• SENSUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun SENSUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. a sensuous feeling
Familiarity information: SENSUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sensuous feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sensuousness" is a kind of...):
sensibility (refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions)
Derivation:
sensuous (taking delight in beauty)
Context examples
Strength balanced sensuousness and had upon it a tonic effect, compelling him to love beauty that was healthy and making him vibrate to sensations that were wholesome.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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