Sensual

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsÉ›nsjuːəl/, /ˈsÉ›nʃuːəl/
• US IPA: /ˈsÉ›n.ʃu.É™l/

Alternative forms

• sensuall obsolete

Origin

From Late Latin sensualis ("endowed with feeling, sensual"), from Latin sensus ("feeling, sense").

Full definition of sensual

Adjective

1. Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.That massage was a very sensual experience!
2. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.

Related terms

• sense
• sensible
• sensuous
• supersensual

Anagrams

• unseals