concupiscence

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (countable, uncountable) An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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

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