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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.
Definition 2024
concupiscent
concupiscent
English
Adjective
concupiscent (comparative more concupiscent, superlative most concupiscent)
- Amorous, lustful; feeling sexy.
- 1894 — Plato'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?
- 1922 — Wallace 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.
- 1894 — Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett
Related terms
Translations
amorous, lustful
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ky.pi.sɑ̃/
Adjective
concupiscent m (feminine singular concupiscente, masculine plural concupiscents, feminine plural concupiscentes)