Obs. In 4 -ouste, -oste, 5 -ostee. [f. as prec. + -TY. Cf. obs. F. voluptueuseté.] = VOLUPTUOSITY.
1382. Wyclif, Eccl. xi. 10. Waxende age and voluptuouste ben veyn. Ibid. (1382), Jer. xxii. 28. Whether [is he] a vessel withoute al voluptuoste?
c. 1450. Mirour Saluacioun, 4243. Ȝe sold joye eternale for vayne voluptuostee.
