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DictionaryRoot: -alis
Latin

-alis

of, relating to

Forms

  • -alis
  • -aris — Latin variant especially used when the stem already contained l, avoiding a repeated l sound.
  • -al — English ending borrowed through French or directly from Latin.
  • -ar — English ending continuing Latin -aris.

Origin

An older Latin adjective-forming suffix; its more remote ancestry is uncertain.

Note

Expresses a relationship without specifying its kind: material, place, purpose, and other connections are possible.

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An adult relaxes in a soft chair enjoying music, warm tea and fragrant flowers, pleasure through the senses, fully clothed.
noun

sensuality

sen-shoo-AL-uh-tee/ˌsenʃuˈæləti/

The quality of enjoying or appealing to the physical senses, especially sexually.

Etymology
sensuLatinfeeling, perception
+alLatinof, relating to
+ityLatina quality or state

Built on sensus, “feeling,” this noun originally named the capacity for sensation. Its focus shifted toward bodily appetites and their gratification, connecting sensation with the enjoyment of physical pleasure.

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