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Webster 1913 Edition


Concupiscent

Con-cu′pis-cent

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Concupiscent

CONCUPISCENT

,
Adj.
Desirous of unlawful pleasure; libidinous.

Definition 2024


concupiscent

concupiscent

English

Adjective

concupiscent (comparative more concupiscent, superlative most concupiscent)

  1. Amorous, lustful; feeling sexy.
    • 1894Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett
      Is not such an one likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous element on the vacant throne and to suffer it to play the great king within him, girt with tiara and chain and scimitar?
    • 1922Wallace Stevens's "The Emperor of Ice Cream"
      Call the roller of big cigars, / The muscular one, and bid him whip / In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.

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Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃/

Adjective

concupiscent m (feminine singular concupiscente, masculine plural concupiscents, feminine plural concupiscentes)

  1. concupiscent

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Latin

Verb

concupiscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of concupiscō