In the Soliloquy lexicon
concupiscent
Having or showing a strong sexual desire; lustful.
Used in a sentence
The novel portrays him as a concupiscent and morally compromised courtier.
Where it comes from
From Latin concupiscēns, present participle of concupiscere ‘to desire eagerly’, from com- ‘intensively’ plus cupere ‘to desire’.
Its journey
Born in Latin as concupiscens, “ardently desiring”, it was the present participle of concupiscere, “to begin to desire eagerly”. That verb joined com-—an intensifying prefix here—with cupere, “to desire”. Passing through ecclesiastical Latin and French forms associated with sinful desire, it reached English in the late Middle Ages as concupiscent, increasingly coloured by the sense of sexual lust.
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