concupiscence.
An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
Meaning & usage
An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
the desire of a person's lower appetite, contrary to reason, which subjugates and inclines them to experience temptation and to give in to sin, due to the Fall and original sin.
Where this word comes from
From Latin concupīscentia, from concupīscō (“to desire strongly, to desire eagerly; to covet”).
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