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sensual |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sensual \Sen"su*al\, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf F. sensuel.] 1. Pertaining to consisting in or affecting, the sense or bodily organs of perception; relating to or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit. Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. --Bacon. Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. --Pope. 2. Hence not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetites; wordly. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. --Jude 19. The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine. --Hooker. 3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous. No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. --Atterbury. 4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sensual adj 1: of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" [syn: {animal(a)}, {carnal}, {fleshly}] 2: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: {sultry}]
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