concupiscentious

English

Adjective

concupiscentious (comparative more concupiscentious, superlative most concupiscentious)

1. (obsolete) concupiscent
   • 12 February 1555, John Bradford, Farewell to Walden‎^[1]:

     We were carnal, concupiscentious, idle, unthankful, unclean, covetous, arrogant, dissemblers, crafty, subtle, malicious, false, backbiters, &c.

   • 1604 (first performance), Tho[mas] Dekker, Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], VVest-vvard Hoe. […], London: […] Iohn Hodgets […], published 1607, act 5 scene 4:

     the concupiscentious malefactors make 'em ready

References

• “concupiscentious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.