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concupiscent - 3 dictionary results

con⋅cu⋅pis⋅cent

[kon-kyoo-pi-suhnt, kong-]
–adjective
1. lustful or sensual.
2. eagerly desirous.

Origin:
1400–50; < L concupīscent- (s. of concupīscēns, prp. of concupīscere to conceive ardent desire for), equiv. to con- con- + cup- (s. of cupere to desire) + -īscent-, var. of -ēscent- -escent
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.

Concupiscent

Con*cu"pis*cent\, a. [L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet.] Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. --Johnson.
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