concupiscence
noun/kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/UK
Etymology
From Latin concupīscentia, from concupīscō (“to desire strongly, to desire eagerly; to covet”).
- derived from concupīscentia
Definitions
An ardent desire, especially sexual desire
An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
- [Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]
- for as St. Jerome observes, it is to shew that the true Christian not setting his heart upon the goods of the Earth, ought to trample under foot, all Avarice and immoderate concupiscence of corruptible riches: […]
- 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.
the desire of a person's lower appetite, contrary to reason, which subjugates and…
the desire of a person's lower appetite, contrary to reason, which subjugates and inclines them to experience temptation and to give in to sin, due to the Fall and original sin.
The neighborhood
- neighborconcupiscent
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for concupiscence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA