Entry: concupiscence (n.)
In context: Dial C for Concupiscence
Definition: Eager
or vehement desire; in Theol. use (transl. ἐπιθυμία of N.T.) the coveting of ‘carnal things’, desire for the ‘things
of the world’.
Other: I’m choosing this usage not for the actual sentence,
but for the name of the work – which I find so humorous and charming that I’m
not going to dispel any illusions I have by researching it further:
1751 T.
Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lviii. 159
This scene‥did not at all contribute to the cooling of his concupiscence.
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 992
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 992
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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