sensuous
adj/ˈsɛnʃuəs/
Etymology From Latin sensus (“sense”) + English -ous.
1
Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
- Although we rarely see Casanova himself on our tour of his sensuous world, we feel his presence as we look at paintings, sculpture, snuff boxes, embroidered vests, silk dresses, silver candy dishes, etc.
2
Of or relating to the senses; sensory.
- The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer seen as undetermining the principle of the atom, or negating sensuous appearance, but rather as intrinsic to both. Nature is full of contradictions […]2000, Daniel Tiffany, Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric, page 173:
3
Appreciative of stimulation
- I consider myself a sensuous lover.
- Derived terms
- antisensuous, extrasensuous, hypersensuous, insensuous, nonsensuous, semisensuous, sensuously, sensuousness, supersensuous, suprasensuous, unsensuous