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concupiscential

concupiscential adjective: pertaining to concupiscence; lustful.

Adjective

concupiscential (comparative more concupiscential, superlative most concupiscential)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to concupiscence; lustful.
    • Moreover by the girdle, the heart and parts which God requires are divided from the inferior and concupiscential organs […]1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23

Forms of concupiscential

comparativemore concupiscential
superlativemost concupiscential

Origin of concupiscential

From Latin concupiscentialis.

Questions about concupiscential

What does concupiscential mean?
Concupiscential means pertaining to concupiscence; lustful.
What part of speech is concupiscential?
Concupiscential is an adjective.

Words near concupiscential in the dictionary

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

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