Definitions

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  • adjective obsolete Epithumetical.

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  • adjective obsolete sensual; inclined towards lust

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Examples

  • There is a description of an epithumetic library which embraces many forbidden titles, (How that "baron of moral endeavour ... the professional hound of heaven," Anthony Comstock, would have gloated over these shelves!), a vibrant page about Goya, and another about a Thibetian cat.

    The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten 1922

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