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concupiscent

[kon-kyoo-pi-suhnt, kong-] / kɒnˈkju pɪ sənt, kɒŋ- /
ADJECTIVE
lustful
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Nick Offerman, the comic he-man of Parks and Recreation, stars as Ignatius J Reilly, a gluttonous and concupiscent layabout, slothfully adrift in New Orleans.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015

This uneasy alliance between corseted but concupiscent industry and one of its most irascible critics is, perhaps, more aptly illustrated in The Caine Mutiny, which Columbia Pictures will release this summer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is not this man likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous elements on the vacant throne?

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde

This king, free will, will dwell in the highest town in the kingdom—that is to say, in the concupiscent faculty of the soul.

From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by William Ralph Inge

Trembling with fear at the audacious ambition of his concupiscent companion, the Sloven replied, “If your wish should come to the ears of the King, we shall die; indeed, we should die.”

From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum




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