Meanings
adjectiveconcupiscentious (comparative more concupiscentious, superlative most concupiscentious)
comparative more concupiscentious · superlative most concupiscentious
- obsoleteconcupiscent
the concupiscentious malefactors make 'em ready
1604 (first performance), Tho[mas] Dekker; Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], VVest-vvard Hoe. […], London: […] Iohn Hodgets […], published 1607, act 5 scene 41 more example
We were carnal, concupiscentious, idle, unthankful, unclean, covetous, arrogant, dissemblers, crafty, subtle, malicious, false, backbiters, &c.
12 February 1555, John Bradford, Farewell to Walden
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