concupiscence
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noun \kän-ˈkyü-pə-sən(t)s, kən-\Definition of CONCUPISCENCE
: strong desire; especially : sexual desire
— con·cu·pis·cent \-sənt\ adjective
Examples of CONCUPISCENCE
- <the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit>
- <according the church theologian St. Augustine, concupiscence is a consequence of original sin>
Origin of CONCUPISCENCE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent-, concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere to desire ardently, from com- + cupere to desire
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to CONCUPISCENCE
- Synonyms
- desire, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, passion, salaciousness
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