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Webster 1913 Edition


Concupiscence

Con-cu′pis-cence

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Noun.
[F., fr. L.
concupiscentia
.]
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence
like a pestilence walketh in darkness.
Horne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concupiscence

CONCUPISCENCE

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Noun.
[L., to covet or lust after, to desire or covet.] Lust; unlawful or irregular desire of sexual pleasure. In a more general sense, the coveting of carnal things, or an irregular appetite for worldly good; inclination for unlawful enjoyments.
We know even secret concupiscence to be sin.
Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. Romans 7.

Definition 2024


concupiscence

concupiscence

English

Noun

concupiscence (countable and uncountable, plural concupiscences)

  1. An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
    • Quite certainly you command me to refrain from concupiscence of the flesh and concupiscence of the eyes and worldy pride. St. Augustine, The Confessions X, 30, 41. Trans Maria Boulding.
    • 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers.
      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. Now I perceived it; I can scarcely tell how it startled me.
    • He was torn by two intense and conflicting desires: his ardent wish to advance through his association with Mr. Browning, and his concupiscence. Please Pass the Guilt, Rex Stout, 1973.
    • Skaters, spinning like atoms across fields of pure light, are desirable in a way that transcends mere concupiscence; they inhabit another element, and the man who would try to catch one risks, literally, falling on his ass. Newsweek, Winter 1994.
    • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:concupiscence.

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French

Etymology

From Latin concupiscentia, from concupīscō (I desire strongly, I desire eagerly; I covet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃s/

Noun

concupiscence f (uncountable)

  1. concupiscence