WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vo•lup•tu•ous /vəˈlʌptʃuəs/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- sensuously pleasing or delightful.
- full and shapely:a voluptuous figure.
vo•lup•tu•ous
(və lup′cho̅o̅ əs),USA pronunciation adj.
vo•lup′tu•ous•ly, adv.
vo•lup′tu•ous•ness, vo•lup•tu•os•i•ty
(və lup′cho̅o̅ os′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
- full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment:a voluptuous life.
- derived from gratification of the senses:voluptuous pleasure.
- directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure:voluptuous desires.
- sensuously pleasing or delightful:voluptuous beauty.
- Latin voluptuōsus, equivalent. to volupt(ās) pleasure + -ōsus -ous; -u- probably by association with sumptuōsus sumptuous
- 1325–75; Middle English
- 1. See sensual.