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   Con·cu·pis·cence

   /känˈkyo͞opəs(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. strong sexual desire; lust: formal "St. Anthony's battle with concupiscence"

   Word 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’.

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