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sensuous(dictionary)

perseveration (iou) and sensuous (iou)


perseveration (iou)



perseveration noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French perseveration from Latin perseveratio(n-), from perseverat- pa. ppl stem of perseverare: see PERSEVERE, -ATION.]
Perseverance. LME.
Psychology. The prolonged and sometimes pathological repetition of an action, thought, or utterance. E20.

sensuous (iou)



sensuous adjective. M17.
[from (the same root as) SENSE noun + -OUS.]
Of or pertaining to the senses or sensation; derived from or affecting the senses. M17.
b. Based on or relating to material objects or beings. Now rare. M19.
Of, derived from, or affecting the senses aesthetically rather than sensually; readily affected by the senses, keenly responsive to the pleasures of sensation. Also, indicative of a sensuous temperament. L19.
T. Hardy The aesthetic, sensuous, pagan pleasure in natural life and lush womanhood. T. Dreiser She beamed upon him in a melting and sensuous way. W. Sansom With long sensuous strokes he smoothed a patina of paint down the chairlegs. A. West Although she was a sensuous woman she had deliberately repressed her sexuality.
? App. first used by Milton, to avoid certain associations of the existing word sensual.
sensu'osity noun (rare) the quality of being sensuous M18.
sensuously adverb E19.
sensuousness noun M19.