Etymology

sensuous

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Today it means: Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification. Full definition →

Latin sensus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsensus“sense”
  2. English todaysensuous

From Latin sensus (“sense”) + English -ous.

Words from the same roots

Latinsensus all →

sensesensationsensualsensifacient

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