concupiscence
noun
[ kənˈkjuːpɪs(ə)ns ]
• strong sexual desire; lust.
• "St Anthony's battle with concupiscence"
Similar:
sexual desire,
lust,
lustfulness,
sexual appetite,
sexual longing,
sexual passion,
ardour,
desire,
passion,
libido,
sex drive,
sexuality,
biological urge,
lechery,
lecherousness,
lasciviousness,
lewdness,
wantonness,
carnality,
licentiousness,
salaciousness,
prurience,
horniness,
raunchiness,
the hots,
randiness,
the horn,
salacity,
nympholepsy,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent- ‘beginning to desire’, from the verb concupiscere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + cupere ‘to desire’.
