Concupiscence
WordNet

noun


(1)   A desire for sexual intimacy
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. An ardent desire, esp. sexual desire; lust.
    • Quite certainly you command me to refrain from concupiscence of the flesh and concupiscence of the eyes and worldy pride.St. Augustine, The Confessions X, 30, 41. Trans Maria Boulding.
    • He was torn by two intense and conflicting desires: his ardent wish to advance through his association with Mr. Browning, and his concupiscence.Please Pass the Guilt, Rex Stout, 1973.
    • Skaters, spinning like atoms across fields of pure light, are desirable in a way that transcends mere concupiscence; they inhabit another element, and the man who would try to catch one risks, literally, falling on his ass.Newsweek, Winter 1994.


Noun


concupiscence (no plural form)
  1. Concupiscence.
 
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