Defn: Voluptuous; luxurious.
VOLUPTUOUS Vo*lup"tu*ous, a. Etym: [F. voluptueux, L. voluptuosus, fr. voluptas pleasure, volup agreeably, delightfully; probably akin to Gr. velle to wish. See Voluntary.]
1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses; ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Byron. Sink back into your voluptuous repose. De Quincey.
2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications. "The jolly and voluptuous livers." Atterbury. Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life. Milton. — Vo*lup"tu*ous*ly, adv. — , n.
VOLUPTY
Vo*lup"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. volupté pleasure. See Voluptuous.]
Defn: Voluptuousness. [Obs.]
VOLUTA
Vo*lu"ta, n.; pl. E. Volutas, L. Volutæ. Etym: [L., a spiral scroll.
See Volute.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
VOLUTATION Vol`u*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. volutatio, from volutare to roll, wallow, verb freq. volvere, volutum, to roll.]
Defn: A rolling of a body; a wallowing. [R.] Sir T. Browne.