concupiscence
Americannoun
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sexual desire; lust.
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ardent, usually sensuous, longing.
noun
Other Word Forms
- concupiscent adjective
Etymology
Origin of concupiscence
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word concupīscentia. See concupiscent, -ence
Example Sentences
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No. Pandering to greed and concupiscence is no way to shape our high streets, our towns, our landscapes or our lives.
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2011
Most of this nonsense goes on in & around Manhattan, with the usual photo-finish race between Hope's cowardice and his concupiscence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three centuries or so ago, William Shakespeare or John Donne could convey passion, poetry, disgust and concupiscence in words with artful undermeanings that shocked none.
From Time Magazine Archive
In ten years he has changed the British movie industry, once compounded of "concupiscence, chicanery and confusion," into a powerful monopolistic instrument, and fashioned a new economic empire.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so it goes, The will is eyeless through concupiscence, And that absolves the soul that’s penitent.
From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee
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