concupiscence
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
- (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.
Synonyms
sexual desire
physical attraction
eager desire
sexual indulgence
spirit of lasciviousness
libidinous desire
vehement desire
amorouosness
Translations
concupiscence
concupiscencia
concupiscência
Gelüst
concupiscenza
şehvet
begeertePronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/
Etymology
From Latin concupiscentia, from concupīscō (“I desire strongly, I desire eagerly; I covet”).
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