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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  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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