concupiscibleadj.

/kənˈkjuːpɪsɪb(ə)l/

Forms: In Middle English -pyssible.

Etymology: < French concupiscible (14th cent.), < Latin concupiscibilis (Jerome), < concupiscĕre : see -ble suffix.

†1. Vehemently to be desired; worthy to be longed for or lusted after. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently desired

concupiscible1490

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 16 All thynges concupyssible to thappetyte of theyr desire.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) v. iv. f. cccxxxviii/2 The vertue of contynence consysteth..also in absteynyng hym selfe to see & beholde worldly thynges & concupyscyble.

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 93 (note) A state of pleaceur is..eligibl and concupiscibl.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxvii. 146 Never did thy eyes behold..any thing in this world, more concupiscible.

a. Vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence. concupiscible appetite, concupiscible faculty, etc.: one of the two parts of a person's ‘irrational’ nature, the other being the irascible. [= Plato's τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν, in his tripartite division of the soul.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective]

concupiscible1398

concupiscential1577

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] > of desires, pleasures, etc.

lustlyc1200

buckish?1521

concupiscible1526

concupiscential1577

committinga1643

satyrish1876

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. vi. 53 Joye and Hope come of the vertue concupiscibl.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLii Sensualyte is called of doctors, the appetyte concupiscible.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 98 By gift of my chaste body To his concupiscible intemperate lust.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 110 The Irascible passions doe follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 171 All his affections, concupiscible and irascible.

1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 259 The irascible or the concupiscible principle is ever insurgent against reason.

†b. quasi-n. The concupiscible faculty or principle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun] > faculty of

concupiscible1594

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiv. 250 Our first parents..lost this qualitie, and the irascible and concupiscible remained.

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 21 The Concupiscible began to be so immoderate as to resolve to do any thing that may promote pleasure.

Derivatives

conˈcupiscibleness n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Concupiscibleness,..fitness or readiness to desire or be desired earnestly.

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	concupiscible
释义	concupiscibleadj. /kənˈkjuːpɪsɪb(ə)l/ Forms: In Middle English -pyssible. Etymology: < French concupiscible (14th cent.), < Latin concupiscibilis (Jerome), < concupiscĕre : see -ble suffix. †1. Vehemently to be desired; worthy to be longed for or lusted after. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently desired concupiscible1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ii. 16 All thynges concupyssible to thappetyte of theyr desire. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) v. iv. f. cccxxxviii/2 The vertue of contynence consysteth..also in absteynyng hym selfe to see & beholde worldly thynges & concupyscyble. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 93 (note) A state of pleaceur is..eligibl and concupiscibl. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxvii. 146 Never did thy eyes behold..any thing in this world, more concupiscible. 2. a. Vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence. concupiscible appetite, concupiscible faculty, etc.: one of the two parts of a person's ‘irrational’ nature, the other being the irascible. [= Plato's τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν, in his tripartite division of the soul.] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] concupiscible1398 concupiscential1577 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] > of desires, pleasures, etc. lustlyc1200 buckish?1521 concupiscible1526 concupiscential1577 committinga1643 satyrish1876 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. vi. 53 Joye and Hope come of the vertue concupiscibl. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. LLii Sensualyte is called of doctors, the appetyte concupiscible. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 98 By gift of my chaste body To his concupiscible intemperate lust. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 110 The Irascible passions doe follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver. View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 171 All his affections, concupiscible and irascible. 1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 259 The irascible or the concupiscible principle is ever insurgent against reason. †b. quasi-n. The concupiscible faculty or principle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun] > faculty of concupiscible1594 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiv. 250 Our first parents..lost this qualitie, and the irascible and concupiscible remained. 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 21 The Concupiscible began to be so immoderate as to resolve to do any thing that may promote pleasure. Derivatives conˈcupiscibleness n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Concupiscibleness,..fitness or readiness to desire or be desired earnestly. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1398
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