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concupiscence

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con·cu·pis·cence  (kn-kyp-sns)
n.
A strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin concupscentia, from Latin concupscns, concupscent-, present participle of concupscere, inchoative of concupere, to desire strongly : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + cupere, to desire.]

con·cupis·cent adj.

concupiscence [kənˈkjuːpɪsəns]
n
strong desire, esp sexual desire
[from Church Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscere to covet ardently, from cupere to wish, desire]
concupiscent  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.concupiscence - a desire for sexual intimacy
desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
erotic love, sexual love, love - a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
aphrodisia - a desire for heterosexual intimacy
anaphrodisia - decline or absence of sexual desire
passion - a feeling of strong sexual desire
sensualism, sensuality, sensualness - desire for sensual pleasures
amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
fetish - a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"
libido - (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
lecherousness, lust, lustfulness - a strong sexual desire
nymphomania - abnormally intense sexual desire in women
satyriasis - abnormally intense sexual desire in men
the hots - intense sexual desire
Translations
concupiscence [kənˈkjuːpɪsəns] N (frm) → concupiscencia f
concupiscence
nLüsternheit f


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Poor Miss Tita's sense of her failure had produced an extraordinary alteration in her, but I had been too full of my literary concupiscence to think of that.
 
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