concupiscence
英 [kən'kjuːpɪs(ə)ns]
美 [kən'kjupɪsns]
- concupiscence
- concupiscence: see cupidity
- concupiscence (n.)
- mid-14c., from Latin concupiscentia "eager desire," from concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere, inceptive of concupere "to be very desirous of," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + cupere "to long for" (see cupidity). Used in Vulgate to translate Greek epithymia.
