concupiscence - 6 dictionary results
con⋅cu⋅pis⋅cence
[kon-kyoo-pi-suh
ns, kong-] 
–noun
| 1. | sexual desire; lust. |
| 2. | ardent, usually sensuous, longing. |
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| con·cu·pis·cence
(kŏn-kyōō'pĭ-səns) Pronunciation Key
n. A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin concupīscentia, from Latin concupīscēns, concupīscent-, present participle of concupīscere, inchoative of concupere, to desire strongly : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + cupere, to desire.] con·cu'pis·cent adj. |
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concupiscence
c.1340, from L. concupiscentia, from concupiscere, inceptive of concupere "to be very desirous of," from com-, intensive prefix, + cupere "to long for." Used in Vulgate to tr. Gk. epithymia.
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| concupiscence | |
noun | |
| a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire] |
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Concupiscence
Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. --Horne.
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Concupiscence
desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire"). The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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