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concupiscent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/
  • US: /kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/
  • US: /kənˈkjuːpə.sənt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Amorous; lustful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1894 — Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett Is not such an one likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous element on the vacant throne and to suffer it to play the great king within him, girt with tiara and chain and scimitar?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

vigorously passionate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lustful, lusty

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: похотлив (pohotliv) — amorous, lustful
  • Czech: smyslný — amorous, lustful
  • German: wollüstig — amorous, lustful
  • German: lüstern — amorous, lustful
  • Polish: zmysłowy — amorous, lustful
  • Polish: lubieżny — amorous, lustful
  • Polish: pożądliwy — amorous, lustful
  • Serbo-Croatian: pohotan — amorous, lustful
  • Spanish: concupiscente — amorous, lustful
  • Swedish: lystnadsfull — amorous, lustful
  • Swedish: lysten — amorous, lustful