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    [Noun]  | "con*cu*pis*cence" | \ kän-ˈkyü-pə-sən(t)s \


    1: strong desire; especially : sexual desire

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent-, concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere to desire ardently, from com- + cupere to desire;

    [Noun]  | "concupiscence" 


    1: sexual appetite;


      * e.g., " ... the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit "



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    2: intense sexual desire;


      * e.g., " ... according to the church theologian St. Augustine, concupiscence is a consequence of original sin "



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     [ "concupiscence" ]

    1: : powerful feelings of physical desire

      * e.g.,  ... My grandma Maggie, has the concupiscence of an cucumber. However my grandpa joe has the libido of a horny toad, thanks to Lavetra. 

     [ "concupiscent" ]

    1: having strong sexual desires. (also concupiscence)

      * e.g.,  ... John was a very concupiscent man 

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