Obs. rare. [ad. OF. volupte or L. voluptas: see VOLUPTY.] Pleasure. Also attrib., sensuous.
14[?]. Trevisa’s Barth. De P. R., V. xxxix. (Bodl. MS.). In þe lyuour is þe place of volupt. Ibid. (1582), VIII. xxvi. 131/1. In mans body he disposeth to fairenesse, volupt and lyking.
1585. T. Washington, trans. Nicholay’s Voy., II. xxi. 59. [They frequent the baths] aswel for their volupt pleasure as bodily health.
c. 1590. J. Stewart, Poems (S.T.S.), II. 205. It is the bontie of ane mychtie spreit, Vith monie guidlie qualiteis repleit In vincusing voluptis ewell and vaine.
