Webster's English Dictionary

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sensuous

sen.su.ous \'sench-(*-)w*s\ aj [L sensus sense + E -ous] 1: of or relating 
   to the senses or sensible objects : addressing the sen ses {~ pleasure} 2: 
   characterized by sense impressions or imagery addressing the senses  3: 
   highly susceptible to influence through the senses MEPICUREAN mean relating 
   to or providing pleasure through gratification of the senses. SENSUOUS 
   implies delight in beauty of color, sound, texture, or artistic form; 
   SENSUAL stresses indulgence of appetite esp. for sexual pleasure; LUXURIOUS 
   suggests the providing of or indulgence of sensuous pleasure inducing 
   bodily ease and languor; VOLUPTUOUS implies more strongly an abandonment to 
   sensuous or sensual pleasure for its own sake; EPICUREAN suggests the 
   satisfaction of refined or fastidious taste in physical pleasures - 
   sen.su.ous.ly av SYN syn SENSUOUS, SENSUAL, LUXURIOUS, VOLUPTUOUS,