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Definition of Curvaceous

1. Adjective. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves. "A curvy young woman in a tight dress"

Definition of Curvaceous

1. Adjective. (qualifier of a woman) Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy. ¹

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Definition of Curvaceous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvaceous

Literary usage of Curvaceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"... 0. nivea (Gmelin) (see Olsson, 1956, pp. 172-173, pl. 11, figs. 3, 3a) is a little stouter and more curvaceous in outline than 0. ..."

2. Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus by Alexander Jones (1999)
"... which could either be read as a vertically elongated version of the end- of-line mark (see note to line 3) or as a curvaceous 1.1 can find no plausible ..."

3. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"Guru told them that he had a nice curvaceous girl friend in the hills and had "better things to do on Saturday than listening to a bunch of hustlers. ..."

4. Daytrips Washington, D. C.: 50 One-Day Adventures in Washington, Virginia by Earl Steinbicker (1999)
"Built in the 1960s, this strikingly curvaceous group of buildings houses apartments, boutiques, restaurants, a luxury hotel, and (of course) the office ..."

5. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"'If you ever think of doing an issue on "the curve" (a French form, as Cairoli puts it), so as to include a few serious curvaceous constructions - Kenneth ..."

6. Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof by Markus Baum (1998)
"Eberhard bid a formal farewell to the curvaceous sculptures of Venus in the town museum that had on occasion inflamed the student's imagination. ..."

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