Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

sensuous

 

1) derived from or appealing to the senses; 2) susceptible to the pleasures of the senses

 

When one's body is covered with poison ivy, scarcely anything compares to the sensuous delight of a hot bath.

 

Related English word: sensuousness

 

Latin root words: sensus, sensus, m. - sense; feeling; perception; sentio, sentire, sensi, sensus - to feel, realize

 

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