sensual

adj
/ˈsɛnsjuːəl/UK/ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from sensus

Definitions

  1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

    • That massage was a very sensual experience!
  2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses

    Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

    • Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
  3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sensual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sensual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at sensual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA