Word of the Day: CONCUPISCENTIOUS

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin concupiscentia (eager or vehement desire, especially libidinous desire, sexual appetite, lust) + -ous

EXAMPLE
“… We were carnall, concupiscentious, idle, unthankful, unclean, covetous, arrogant, dissemblers, crafty, subtle, malicious, false, backbiters, &c., and even glutted with God’s word; …”

From: Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church
By: John Foxe, 1555

PRONUNCIATION
kon-kyoo-pi-SEN-shuhs

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