concupiscence
英 [kən'kjuːpɪs(ə)ns]
美[kən'kjupɪsns]
- n. 强烈的邪欲
英英释义
- 1. a desire for sexual intimacy
中文词源
concupiscence 强烈的性欲
con-, 强调。-cup, 渴望，词源同Cupid, hope.
英文词源
- concupiscence
- concupiscence: see cupidity
- concupiscence (n.)
- mid-14c., from Latin concupiscentia "eager desire," from concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere, inceptive of concupere "to be very desirous of," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + cupere "to long for" (see cupidity). Used in Vulgate to translate Greek epithymia.