concupiscent

[ kon-kyoo-pi-suhnt, kong- ]

adjective

1. lustful or sensual:

   Today's woman is no longer just the plaything of the concupiscent male.

2. eagerly desirous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of concupiscent¹

First recorded in 1400–50; from Latin concupiscent- (stem of concupiscēns, present participle of concupiscere “to conceive an ardent desire for”), equivalent to concupere “to desire greatly” (equivalent of con- intensive prefix + cupere “to desire”) + -escent inchoative suffix; con-, -escent

Example Sentences

For all the talk of life forces, however, there’s a lack of kinetic energy between the elder marquise and Voltaire, who is reduced to a concupiscent kibitzer with a string of chronic ailments.

From New York Times

In a subsequent best seller, “The French Suicide,” published in 2014, he waxed lyrical about the world before feminism when a bus driver could “slide a concupiscent hand” over a woman’s backside without risking prosecution.

From New York Times

Also, the audio runs nearly two hours, which is an awfully long time to sit at your computer, headphones in, staring at concupiscent dolls.

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Michael Nathanson is refreshingly free of stereotypical cobwebs as her sometime fiancé, a concupiscent peddler.

From New York Times

He was concupiscent as a rabbit and gentle as hell.

From Literature