different between voluptuary vs voluptuous

English

Etymology

From French voluptuaire, or directly from its etymon Late Latin voluptu?rius, from Latin volupt?rius (“pleasure-seeker; agreeable, delightful, pleasant; sensual”), from volupt?s (“delight, pleasure, satisfaction”) + -?rius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Volupt?s is derived from volup (“with pleasure; agreeably, pleasantly, satisfactorily”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh?- (“to choose; to want”)) + -t?s (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??l?pt????i/, /v??l?pt???i/, /v??l?pt??i/, /-tj?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??l?p(t)?????i/, /-?l?p-/
• Hyphenation: vo?lup?tu?a?ry

Noun

voluptuary (plural voluptuaries)

1. One whose life is devoted to sensual appetites; a pleasure-seeker, a sensualist.

   Synonyms: voluptuarian; see also Thesaurus:sensualist

Derived terms

• voluptuarian
• voluptuate (rare)

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Translations

Adjective

voluptuary (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the seeking of sensual pleasure.

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References

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “voluptuary”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuosus (“delightful”), from volupt?s (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /v??l?p.t?u.?s/

Adjective

voluptuous (comparative more voluptuous, superlative most voluptuous)

1. Suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
2. (of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

Synonyms

• (pleasurable sensation): luxurious
• (curvaceous): See Thesaurus:voluptuous or Thesaurus:sexy

Derived terms

• voluptuously
• voluptuousness

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Further reading

• voluptuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• voluptuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• voluptuous at OneLook Dictionary Search