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concupiscent

/kon-kyoo-pi-suhnt, kong-/US // kɒnˈkyu pɪ sənt, kɒŋ- //

兼收并蓄,兼收并蓄的,凹凸不平,兼任

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lustful or sensual: Today's woman is no longer just the plaything of the concupiscent male.
    • : eagerly desirous.

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Examples

  • It is true of cynical, profligate, and concupiscent art as well.

  • That was why, when he had finished his second ballad, and sometimes even sooner, concupiscent looks appeared in their eyes.

  • Hence dilectio is not in the concupiscent nature, but in the will, and therefore in the rational nature.

  • "To hear of such deeds is not likely to cause concupiscent movements in normal men," said Fra Tomasso dryly.

  • Some American's concupiscent eye had alighted on her, observed her beauty, and marked her down.