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Concupiscent

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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.
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Adj.1.concupiscent - vigorously passionate
lusty, lustful
passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
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The principles of definition, the law of contradiction, the fallacy of arguing in a circle, the distinction between the essence and accidents of a thing or notion, between means and ends, between causes and conditions; also the division of the mind into the rational, concupiscent, and irascible elements, or of pleasures and desires into necessary and unnecessary-- these and other great forms of thought are all of them to be found in the Republic, and were probably first invented by Plato.
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