concupiscentadj.n.
/kənˈkjuːpɪsənt/ A. adj.
Eagerly desirous; lustful.Cf. Johnson (1755), with citation of Shakespeare Measure for Measure v. i. 98, where the original reading, now accepted, is concupiscible.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous
wildc725
ardentc1374
fierce1377
flagrant?1521
zealous1526
passionatea1530
heady1543
concupiscentious1555
passionative1593
luxurious1614
mada1627
concupitive1651
sultry1671
hot-tempered1673
ardurousa1770
wild1811
nympholeptic1818
concupiscenta1834
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions
greedya1000
overgreedyOE
avarous1303
covetous1340
concupiscible1398
avaricious1474
silver-sick?a1500
lucrous1511
having1528
lucrative1549
concupiscentious1555
holding1569
griping?1573
concupiscential1577
over-havinga1600
gripulous1614
ingordigious1637
concupitive1651
appropriative1655
lucripetous1675
coveting1699
grasping1747
concupiscenta1834
acquisitive1846
pleonectic1858
big-eye1868
wanting1876
possessive1889
grabby1910
gold-digging1925
territorial1966
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective]
golelichc1000
luxuriousc1330
jollyc1384
lustyc1386
Venerienc1386
nicea1393
gayc1405
lasciviousc1425
libidinous1447
Venerian1448
coltishc1450
gigly1482
lubric1490
ranka1500
venereous1509
lubricous1535
venerious1547
boarish?1550
goatish?1552
cadye1554
lusting1559
coy1570
rage1573
rammish1577
venerial1577
lustful1579
rageous1579
proud1590
lust-breathed1594
rampant1596
venerous1597
sharp-seta1600
fulsome1600
lubrical1602
hot-backed1607
ruttish1607
stoned1607
muskish-minded1610
Venerean1612
saucya1616
veneral1623
lascive1647
venereal1652
lascivient1653
hircine1656
hot-tempered1673
ramp1678
randy1771
concupiscenta1834
aphrodisiac1862
lubricious1884
radgie1894
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ iii. lviii. 136 It bihoueþ nedys..þat he cleue to no creature concupiscently wiþ no pryuate loue.
a1834 C. Lamb Let. to Coleridge (L.) The concupiscent clown is overdone.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 57 The division of the soul into the rational, irascible, and concupiscent elements.
[Perhaps by confusion with concupiscence; compare accidence.] Desires, lusts. Obsolete.
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1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 147 When your concupiscents are cooled by the Holy Ghost.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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