Affecting+the+senses

  • 11In the air — Air Air ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a[ e]r, fr. Gr. ah r, air, mist, for a[digamma]hr, fr. root a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the… …

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  • 12on the air — Air Air ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a[ e]r, fr. Gr. ah r, air, mist, for a[digamma]hr, fr. root a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the… …

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  • 13To take the air — Air Air ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a[ e]r, fr. Gr. ah r, air, mist, for a[digamma]hr, fr. root a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the… …

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  • 14Occupation of the Baltic states — Part of a series of articles on the Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states …

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  • 15Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite — flourished с 500 Probably a Syrian monk. Under the pseudonym Dionysius the Areopagite, he wrote a series of treatises that united Neoplatonic philosophy (see Neoplatonism), Christian theology, and mystical experience. Their doctrinal content… …

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  • 16sensuous — sensuously, adv. sensuousness, sensuosity /sen shooh os i tee/, n. /sen shooh euhs/, adj. 1. perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music. 2. readily affected through the senses: a sensuous temperament. 3. of or… …

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  • 17sensuous — /ˈsɛnʃuəs / (say senshoohuhs) adjective 1. of or relating to the senses. 2. perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music. 3. readily affected through the senses: a sensuous temperament. –sensuously, adverb –sensuousness,… …

  • 18sensuous — sen·su·ous || senʃʊəs adj. pertaining to the senses; perceived by the senses; affecting the senses; sensitive, perceptive, responding to sensory stimuli …

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  • 19sensuous — sen•su•ous [[t]ˈsɛn ʃu əs[/t]] adj. 1) perceived by or affecting the senses 2) readily affected through the senses: a sensuous temperament[/ex] 3) of or pertaining to sensible objects or to the senses • Etymology: 1630–40; < L sēnsu(s) sense+… …

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  • 20imperceptible — imperceptibility, imperceptibleness, n. imperceptibly, adv. /im peuhr sep teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road. 2. not perceptible; not perceived by or affecting the senses. n. 3. something not …

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