different between voluptuous vs houri

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

Related terms

Translations

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

Etymology

From French houri, from Persian ????? (hurî), from Arabic ???????? (??riyy) and Arabic ?????????? (??riyya), adjective and feminine singulative of ????? (??r) from Classical Arabic ????? ?????? (??run ??nun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h???i/
• enPR: ho?or?
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

houri (plural houris)

1. (Islam) A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
   • 2009, Nerina Rustomji, The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 114

   • 2017, Matthew S. Gordon, Kathryn A. Hain, Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 274

2. (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.
   • 1850, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:

Translations

Further reading

• houri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Verb

houri

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of houria.
2. Indicative present connegative form of houria.
3. Second-person singular imperative present form of houria.
4. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of houria.

Anagrams

• roihu, rouhi