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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
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ovoid

Main Entry:
ovoid 
Pronunciation:
\ˈō-ˌvoid\
Variant(s):
also ovoi·dal  \ō-ˈvoi-dəl\
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
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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.

 

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Sybaritism \Syb"a*rit*ism\
n. Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

 

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