sensual
    adj 1: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal
           instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a
           sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual
           pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal,
           fleshly, sensual]
    2: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a
       sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry]

Sensual \Sen"su*al\, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F.
   sensuel.]
   1. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or
      bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning,
      the body, in distinction from the spirit.
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            Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. --Bacon.
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            Far as creation's ample range extends,
            The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. --Pope.
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   2. Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly;
      pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the
      senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.
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            These be they who separate themselves, sensual,
            having not the Spirit.                --Jude 19.
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            The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . .
            that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most
            divine.                               --Hooker.
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   3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious;
      voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.
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            No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from
            that wherein sensual men place their felicity.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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   4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of
      sensualism.
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