Concupiscible

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Driven by or filled with strong sexual desire; concupiscent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Greatly to be desired or lusted after; exciting concupiscence.
  • adj. Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires.
  • adj. Exciting desire, good or evil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by concupiscence; concupiscent.
  • Characterized by desire or longing; appetitive.
    • Word Usage
    "One reading of that, encouraged by the lines immediately following the blank page, is to take 'concupiscible' as synonymous with desirable; but it could be a play on words, as well, since 'concupiscible' can also mean 'filled with strong desire, lustful', which describes the widow to a T, as she lays siege to poor uncle Toby in order to get him as a husband."
     
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