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concupiscence - 6 dictionary results

con⋅cu⋅pis⋅cence

[kon-kyoo-pi-suhns, kong-]
–noun
1. sexual desire; lust.
2. ardent, usually sensuous, longing.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < LL concupīscentia. See concupiscent, -ence
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.

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.

concupiscence

noun
a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire

Concupiscence

Con*cu"pis*cence\, n. [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. --Horne.

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.

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