concupiscence

con·cu·pis·cence

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

1. <the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit>
2. <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

Related Words: libido; ardor, heat, rut; erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis; venery

Near Antonyms: abstinence, celibacy, chastity; frigidity, frigidness

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