Word of the Day: Concupiscence

Word of the Day: 
Concupiscence

PRONUNCIATION: 
[kon-kyoo-pi-suhns] 
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Concupiscence
 
MEANING:

noun: Strong sexual desire; lust
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ETYMOLOGYC14: from Church Latin concupiscentia,  from Latin concupiscere  to covet ardently, from cupere  to wish, desire.


USAGE: The Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit.


SYNONYMS: desire, lechery, prurience, sexual desire


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