concupiscence
noun/kənˈkjuːpɪsns/
/kənˈkjuːpɪsns/
[uncountable] (formal, often disapproving)- strong sexual desire synonym lustWord OriginMiddle 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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