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Volupt(i)e, n. Also: wolupté. Pl. voluptis, volumpties. [ME and e.m.E. volupte (Wyclif), OF volupte, L. voluptāt-.] Pleasure. Also personified and pl. 1490 Irland Mir. I 76/5.
In the buk of Genesis it is callit locus voluptatis that is the place of plesaunce and wolupte 1490 Irland Mir. III 130/35.
Ane vthir doctrine is that the king apply him nocht to volupte or carnale plesaunce a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 36.
This Lord George … was sumpairt gevin to voluptie and plesour a1568 Bann. MS 92a/13.
Be he effeminat gevin to volupte … His subiectis all beis wyll and vicius a1570-86 Maitl. F. 55/15.
Vane voluptiepersonified c1590 J. Stewart 206 § 32.
Dame Voluptie vith proud pernicious spreitpl. c1590 J. Stewart 205 § 22.
Vith monie guidlie qualiteis … In vincusing voluptis ewell and vaine 1644 Hume Douglas 64/26.
The vanishing volupties of a temporal conditione(b) 1608 Inverness Rec. II 58.
To bringe ye to conformitie of honest conversatioun fra the said vices and volumpties and pluralities of thai misdoingis