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concupiscible
[ kon-kyoo-pi-suh-buhl, kong- ]
adjective
, Archaic.
- worthy of being desired.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of concupiscible1
1490–1500; < Middle French comcupiscible < Late Latin concupīscibil ( is ), equivalent to Latin concupīsc ( ere ) ( concupiscent ) + -ibilis -ible
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Example Sentences
For the Irascible passions do follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver.
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The strongest that were found in him, both of the irascible and concupiscible, were under the control of his reason.
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Whence the irascible, whence the concupiscible Passions do most arise.
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