concupiscent

English

WOTD - 13 February 2008    

Etymology

From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/
• (US) IPA: /kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/, /kənˈkjuːpə.sənt/

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Adjective

concupiscent (comparative more concupiscent, superlative most concupiscent)

1. Amorous, lustful; feeling sexy.
   • 1894 — Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett

     Is not such an one likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous element on the vacant throne and to suffer it to play the great king within him, girt with tiara and chain and scimitar?

   • 1922 — Wallace Stevens's "The Emperor of Ice Cream"

     Call the roller of big cigars, / The muscular one, and bid him whip / In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.

Related terms

• concupiscence
• concupiscently
• concupiscible

Translations

amorous, lustful

Bulgarian: похотлив (bg)

Polish: zmysłowy (pl), lubieżny (pl)

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Latin

Verb

concupiscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of concupiscō