 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Concupiscence \Con*cu"pis*cence\, noun [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. --Horne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
concupiscence
noun: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: {sexual desire}, {physical attraction}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "concupiscence": andromania, animality, aphrodisia, ardor, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, curiosity, desideration, desire, dirtiness, drive, eagerness, eromania, eroticism, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fancy, fantasy, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, hope, horme, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, intellectual curiosity, itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, libido, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lust for learning, lustfulness, mind, need, nymphomania, obscenity, passion, pleasure, pleasure principle, polymorphous perversity, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, thirst for knowledge, urge, uteromania, venereal appetite, want, wanting, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish fulfillment
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Concupiscence desire, Rom. 7:8 (R.V., "coveting"); Col. 3:5 (R.V., "desire"). The "lust of concupiscence" (1 Thess. 4:5; R.V., "passion of lust") denotes evil desire, indwelling sin.
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |