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concupiscent, a. and n.|kənˈkjuːpɪsənt| [ad. L. concupiscent-em, pr. pple. of concupiscĕre: see prec. and -ent. (So in mod.F.)] A. adj. Eagerly desirous; lustful.
c1450[see concupiscently]. a1834Lamb Let. to Coleridge (L.), The concupiscent clown is overdone. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 57 The division of the soul into the rational, irascible, and concupiscent elements.
1755in Johnson, with citation of Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 98, where the original reading, now accepted, is concupiscible. †B. n. (in pl.) [Perh. by confusion with concupiscence; cf. accidence.] Desires, lusts. Obs.
1646H. Lawrence Comm. Angells 147 When your concupiscents are cooled by the Holy Ghost. |