Concupiscent
/kənˈkjuːpɪsənt/noun
Having or showing strong sexual desire; lustful.
Did you know?Concupiscent comes from Latin concupiscent-, the present participle of concupiscere, and the root is the same one that gave English cupidity—so “lust” and “greed” were once linguistically cousins.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kup-
“to desire, long for”
Latin
Latin
cupere
“to desire, long for”
Latin
Latin
concupiscere
“to begin to desire eagerly, covet”
Late Latin
Latin
concupiscent-
“desiring eagerly, lustful”
Middle English
English
concupiscent
“lustful, eagerly desirous”
Modern English
English
concupiscent
“having or showing strong sexual desire”
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