concupiscent

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Should the soul become ignited with the fire of the love of God, it is called benevolent and pleasing unto God, but should it be consumed with the fire of passion, it is known as the concupiscent soul.

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  1. Characterized by illicit desire or appetite; sensual; libidinous; lustful. The concupiscent clown is overdone. Lamb, To Coleridge.

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  • "What those concupiscent Gauls did to me," he said. —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
  • Should the soul become ignited with the fire of the love of God, it is called benevolent and pleasing unto God, but should it be consumed with the fire of passion, it is known as the concupiscent soul. —  The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
  • "All right, concupiscent thought, deliberately entertained. —  A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • "_Nudity_, my daughter," Incus continued gamely, "is wrong not only because it engenders concupiscent thoughts in weak men, but because it is _often_ the occasion of _violent_ attacks. —  Calde of the Long Sun
  • --mount him not:--'tis a beast concupiscent--and foul befal the man, who does not hinder him from kicking Chapter 4.LVI Well! —  The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
 

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  1. = French concupiscent = Spanish Portuguese Italian concupiscente, from Latin concupiscen(t-)s, present participle of concupiscere, desire eagerly, inceptive of (Late Latin) concupere, desire eagerly, from com-, together, + cupere, desire: see Cupid.
 

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