Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of concupiscence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Concupiscence. [Used only in “Troilus and Cressida”]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, nonce word
concupiscence
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Examples
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'_You'll tickle it for your concupy_' (Thersites in 'Troil and Cress.') would have been the word of every rational creature to these wretches when trembling from their tremulous act, and reeking from their bloody ingratitude.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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_ He'll tickle it for his concupy: this will be sport to see!
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 John Dryden 1665
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