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sensual.

Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsɛnsjuːəl/UK/ˈsɛnʃuːəl/UK/ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/US
  1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

    That massage was a very sensual experience!
  2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

    Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
  3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

Where this word comes from

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

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