Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by illicit desire or appetite; sensual; libidinous; lustful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious.
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- adjective
Amorous ,lustful ;feeling sexy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective vigorously passionate
Etymologies
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Examples
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
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All of which makes me cut him a lot more slack in the coherent narrative, stupid polyester suit, and concupiscent co-ed departments.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
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All of which makes me cut him a lot more slack in the coherent narrative, stupid polyester suit, and concupiscent co-ed departments.
My Friday, By Delia deliasherman 2010
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Though there is ever-present sadness the poet still wishes to "whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds."
Kazim Ali: From East Jerusalem to Ramallah Kazim Ali 2011
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
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This extremely dull piece of costume softcore porn from Hong Kong is set in the Ming dynasty where, among other things, a young, recently married scholar is drawn into the concupiscent world of the Prince of Ning and his Pavilion of Ultimate Bliss.
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Being terrified of women, and yet as concupiscent as bonobo, Qutb is widely believed to have died a virgin.
Sam Harris: On Spiritual Truths Sam Harris 2011
windsor commented on the word concupiscent
I actually love the adjectival form, as when used by WS in Measure for Measure, "concupiscible intemperate lust."
Wait: is that adjectival? Isn't it already an adjective? Then what's concupiscible?
December 6, 2006
jaymediane commented on the word concupiscent
Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
October 22, 2007
sionnach commented on the word concupiscent
CALL the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month's newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three glass knobs, that sheet
On which she embroidered fantails once
And spread it so as to cover her face.
If her horny feet protrude, they come
To show how cold she is, and dumb.
Let the lamp affix its beam.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
Wallace Stevens: The Emperor of Ice-Cream
October 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word concupiscent
Love that poem, sionnach. I even made a Poetrie about it. :-)
October 23, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word concupiscent
This word so does not sound like what it means.
April 29, 2008
jaime_d commented on the word concupiscent
"Rilkean angels, complex essences in a wind of light, fibrous with articulate memories, accidental events enriched into significance, a cherished smile, a long afternoon, a concupiscent dream, disappointments salvaged by courage, are the quiring that Fourier saw as a destiny of attractions." from "Apples and Pears" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010