concupiscent

a. 沉迷色欲的, 好色的, 贪欲的 [法] 食欲的, 色欲强的, 好色的

发音

UK /kɒnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/
US /kɑːnˈkjuːpɪ.sənt/
US /kənˈkjuːpə.sənt/

词形变化

more concupiscent 比较级 most concupiscent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Amorous; lustful.

    1894 — Plato's The Republic, Book VIII, translated by Benjamin Jowett Is not such an one likely to seat the concupiscent and covetous element on the vacant throne and to suffer it to play the great king within him, girt with tiara and chain and scimitar?

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

lustful lusty

近义相关 1

passionate

词源

From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”).

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