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concupiscence

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con⋅cu⋅pis⋅cence

  [kon-kyoo-pi-suhns, kong-]
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–noun
1. sexual desire; lust.
2. ardent, usually sensuous, longing.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < LL concupīscentia. See concupiscent, -ence
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con·cu·pis·cence   (kŏn-kyōō'pĭ-səns)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Bible Dictionary

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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