SENSUALITY


Meaning of SENSUALITY in English

ˌsenchəˈwaləd.ē, -lətē, -i noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English sensualite, from Middle French sensualité, from Late Latin sensualitat-, sensualitas capacity for sensation, from sensualis sensual + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity

1.

a. : the purely animal or physical part of human nature

b. obsolete : the lusts of the flesh

2. : the quality or state of being sensual : devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites : free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures

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