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curvaceous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /-ʃəs/ (General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • /kɚˈveɪ.ʃɪs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From curv(e) + -aceous. Originally American English. First attested in the 1930s.

Meanings

  1. (of a person) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy.
    • He watched her walk, upon curvaceous legs, to the edge of the bed. For just a second, she smiled down at him. 1962, M. E. Knerr, The Sex Life of the Gods:
    • Anya is tall, gorgeous and curvaceous, all of which I enjoy sexually, especially the curvaceous part: I enjoy squeezing and grabbing all the sexy, abundant parts of her body. 2023 May 13, Kitty Drake, “This is how we do it: ‘A tired, throwaway midweek shag doesn’t interest me’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most curvaceous Degree=Sup lexicographic
more curvaceous Degree=Cmp lexicographic
curvacious alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

curvaceousness · curvaceously · uncurvaceous

Synonyms

voluptuous

Translations (28)

hu formás (having shapely or sensual curves) · nn yppig (having shapely or sensual curves) · hu fullos (having shapely or sensual curves) · he חטובה (having shapely or sensual curves) · ga dea-chumtha (having shapely or sensual curves) · ja 肉感的な (having shapely or sensual curves) · cmn 凹凸有致 (having shapely or sensual curves) · de kurvig (having shapely or sensual curves) · fr bien roulé (having shapely or sensual curves) · cmn 豐滿 /丰满 (having shapely or sensual curves) · fi kurvikas (having shapely or sensual curves) · da yppig (having shapely or sensual curves) · ru с краси́выми окру́глыми фо́рмами (having shapely or sensual curves) · cmn 肉感 (having shapely or sensual curves) · eo abunda (having shapely or sensual curves) · fr pulpeux (having shapely or sensual curves) · sv yppig (having shapely or sensual curves) · de kurvenreich (having shapely or sensual curves) · fr plantureux (having shapely or sensual curves) · ru пы́шный (having shapely or sensual curves) · it tutta curve (having shapely or sensual curves) · it formoso (having shapely or sensual curves) · sv kurvig (having shapely or sensual curves) · ia curvace (having shapely or sensual curves) · ru фигу́ристый (having shapely or sensual curves) · is þrýstinn (having shapely or sensual curves) · ja 豊満な (having shapely or sensual curves) · nb yppig (having shapely or sensual curves)