resonant

resonant

Main Entry:

res·o·nant 

Pronunciation:

\ˈre-zə-nənt, ˈrez-nənt\

Function:

adjective

Date:

1592

1: continuing to sound : echoing

2 a: capable of inducing resonance b: relating to or exhibiting resonance

3 a: intensified and enriched by or as if by resonance <a resonant voice> b: marked by grandiloquence

— resonant noun

— res·o·nant·ly adverb

ovoid

ovoid

Main Entry:

ovoid 

Pronunciation:

\ˈō-ˌvoid\

Variant(s):

also ovoi·dal  \ō-ˈvoi-d^əl\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

French ovoïde, from Latin ovum egg — more at egg

Date:

circa 1828

: resembling an egg in shape : ovate <an ovoid fruit>

— ovoid noun

Voluptuous

Voluptuous \Vo*lup"tu*ous\

adj.     1. Full of delight or pleasure, especially that of the senses;

ministering to sensuous or sensual gratification; exciting sensual desires; luxurious; sensual

2. Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications

3. having strong sexual appeal

4. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves;

5. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.

 

Sybaritism

Sybaritism \Syb"a*rit*ism\

n. Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

 

rubenesque

Ru·ben·esque

(rb-nsk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or in the style of painting of Peter Paul Rubens.

2. Plump or fleshy and voluptuous. Used of a woman.

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[Sense 2, from the frequent depiction of such women by Rubens.]