different between voluptuous vs bootylicious

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

English

Alternative forms

• bootilicious

Etymology

booty +? -licious

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

bootylicious (comparative more bootylicious, superlative most bootylicious)

1. (slang) Callipygous or otherwise appealingly voluptuous.
   • 2001, Destiny's Child (band), "Bootylicious" (song), Survivor (album)

     I don't think you ready for this jelly / I don't think you ready for this / 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe

   • 2003, Dale Alderman, Being a Dad, iUniverse (2003), ?ISBN, page 104:

     Is it OK for a chunky, 40-something white guy to feel bootylicious? Oh, how I hope it's acceptable, because if feeling bootylicious is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

   • 2004, Jon Jeffrey, Boyfriend Material, Kensington Books (2004), ?ISBN, page 93:

     He lingered for a few minutes, vacantly watching a bootylicious black girl bump and grind to Pink’s catchy smash, “Get the Party Started.”

   • 2005, Glenn Beck, The Real America, Pocket Books (2005), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     It’s your daughter with a tank top that says porn star, hot pants that say bootylicious and, of course, underneath ... the kiddie thong.

2. (slang, nonce word) Bad; weak.
   • 1992, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')", The Chronic:

     Your bark was loud, but your bite wasn't vicious / And them rhymes you were kickin' were quite bootylicious

3. (slang) Having a large booty (buttocks).

Synonyms

• bumtastic, callipygian, callipygous, rumpalicious

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