Concupiscent

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /kÉ’nˈkjuːpɪ.sÉ™nt/
• US IPA: /kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sÉ™nt/, /kÉ™nˈkjuːpÉ™.sÉ™nt/

Origin

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

Full definition of concupiscent

Adjective

1. Amorous, lustful; feeling sexy.
• 1894 — Plato's , Book VIII, translated byIs 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'sCall the roller of big cigars,
  The muscular one, and bid him whip
  In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.

Related terms

• concupiscence
• concupiscently
• concupiscible