How do you pronounce concupiscible?

The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈkjuːpɪsɪbəl/.

Where does concupiscible come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

concupiscible

/kənˈkjuːpɪsɪbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-cu-pis-ci-ble
IPA: /kənˈkjuːpɪsɪbəl/

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Meaning

adj

Greatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence.

Archaic

adj

Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire.

Archaic

adj

Relating to the concupiscible passions.

Example Sentences

"For never did thy eyes behold, or thy concupiscence covet, anything in this world more concupiscible than widow Wadman."
"He would not, but by gift of my chaste body / To his concupiscible intemperate lust, / Release my brother […]"
"Perturbations and passions, which trouble the fantasy, though they dwell between the confines of sense and reason, yet they rather follow sense than reason because they are drowned in corporeal organs of sense. They are commonly reduced into two inclinations, irascible and concupiscible."
"The irascible and concupiscible appetites are distinguished by different aspects of their objects. The object of the concupiscible faculty "is sensible good or evil, simply apprehended as such" while good and evil considered as "arduous or difficult … is the object of the irascible faculty.""

Etymology

From Middle English concupiscibill, concupiscibl, concupiscible, concupyscyble, concupyssible, from Middle French concupiscible and its etymon, Latin concupīscibilis.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: concupiscibill, concupiscible, concupīscibilis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kənˈkjuːpɪsɪbəl/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more concupiscible (comparative) most concupiscible (superlative)

Derived Forms

concupiscibleness

Phrases

concupiscible appetite

Antonyms

irascible