Concupiscible
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /kÉ™nˈkjuËpɪsɪbÉ™l/
Origin
From Middle French concupiscible, from Latin concupiscibilis.
Full definition of concupiscible
Adjective
concupiscible
- (obsolete) Greatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence.
- 1762, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vol. V:for never did thy eyes behold, or thy concupiscence covet, anything in this world more concupiscible than Widow Wadman.
- Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire.
- Shakespeare Measure|5He would not, but by gift of my chaste bodyTo his concupiscible intemperate lust,Release my brother ....
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 258:and passions are commonly reduced into two inclinations, irascible and concupiscible.