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Definition of sensual adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sensual

adjective
 
/ˈsenʃuəl/
 
/ˈsenʃuəl/
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  1. connected with your physical feelings; giving pleasure to your physical senses, especially sexual pleasure
    • sensual pleasure
    • Food is a great sensual experience.
  2. suggesting an interest in physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure
    • sensual lips
    • He was darkly sensual and mysterious.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’.
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