CONCUPISCIBLE


Meaning of CONCUPISCIBLE in English

-səbəl adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin concupiscibilis, from Latin concupiscere + -ibilis -ible

1. : motivated by a desire for good under the aspect of the agreeable especially the sensuously agreeable — used chiefly by Scholastic philosophers of the appetite and the passions; opposed to irascible

2. : moved by concupiscence

his concupiscible intemperate lust — Shakespeare

3. archaic : that merits desire : suitable to be longed for or lusted after : greatly desirable

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