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concupiscent

UK/kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt//kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/

concupiscent adjective: amorous; lustful.

Adjective

concupiscent (comparative more concupiscent, superlative most concupiscent)

  1. Amorous; lustful.
    • 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?
    • Call the roller of big cigars, / The muscular one, and bid him whip / In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.1922, Wallace Stevens, The Emperor of Ice Cream

Forms of concupiscent

comparativemore concupiscent
superlativemost concupiscent

Origin of concupiscent

From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”).

Questions about concupiscent

What does concupiscent mean?
Concupiscent means amorous; lustful.
What part of speech is concupiscent?
Concupiscent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce concupiscent?
Concupiscent is pronounced /kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/ (UK).

Words near concupiscent in the dictionary

  1. conculcating
  2. conculture
  3. concultures
  4. concupiscence
  5. concupiscences
  6. concupiscent
  7. concupiscential
  8. concupiscentious
  9. concupiscently
  10. concupiscible
  11. concupiscible appetite

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