concupiscence
/kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]"
- "for as St. Jerome observes, it is to shew that the true Christian not setting his heart upon the goods of the Earth, ought to trample under foot, all Avarice and immoderate concupiscence of corruptible riches: […]"
- "Poor Miss Tita's sense of her failure had produced an extraordinary alteration in her, but I had been too full of my literary concupiscence to think of that. Now I perceived it; I can scarcely tell how it startled me."
- "He was torn by two intense and conflicting desires: his ardent wish to advance through his association with Mr. Browning, and his concupiscence."
- "Skaters, spinning like atoms across fields of pure light, are desirable in a way that transcends mere concupiscence; they inhabit another element, and the man who would try to catch one risks, literally, falling on his ass."
- "Quite certainly you command me to refrain from concupiscence of the flesh and concupiscence of the eyes and worldy pride."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: concupīscentia
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kənˈkjuːpɪsəns/