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concupiscible, a.|kənˈkjuːpɪsɪb(ə)l|
In 5 -pyssible.
[a. F. concupiscible (14th c.), ad. L. concupiscibil-is (Jerome), f. concupisc-ĕre: see -ble.]
†1. Vehemently to be desired; worthy to be longed for or lusted after. Obs.
1490Caxton Eneydos ii. 16 All thynges concupyssible to thappetyte of theyr desire. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) v. iv. 338 a/2 The vertue of contynence consysteth..also in absteynyng hym selfe to see & beholde worldly thynges & concupyscyble. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 93 note, A state of pleaceur is..eligibl and concupiscibl. 1762Sterne Tr. Shandy V. 47 (D.) Never did thy eyes behold..anything in this world more concupiscible.
2. Vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence.
concupiscible appetite, concupiscible faculty, etc.: one of the two parts of our ‘irrational’ nature, the other being the irascible. [= Plato's τὸ ἐπιθυµητικόν, in his tripartite division of the soul.]
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. vi. (1495) 53 Joye and Hope come of the vertue concupiscibl. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 112 b, Sensualite is called of doctours, the appetyte concupyscible. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. v. i. 98 By gift of my chaste body To his concupiscible intemperate lust. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 110 The Irascible passions doe follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. ix. 171 All his affections, concupiscible and irascible. 1850Newman Diffic. Anglic. 259 The irascible or the concupiscible principle is ever insurgent against reason.
†b. quasi-n. The concupiscible faculty or principle. Obs.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xiv. (1596) 250 Our first parents..lost this qualitie, and the irascible and concupiscible remained. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 21 The Concupiscible began to be so immoderate as to resolve to do any thing that may promote pleasure.
Hence conˈcupiscibleness. rare—0.
1730–6Bailey, Concupiscibleness, fitness or readiness to desire or be desired earnestly. 1775in Ash; and in mod. Dicts. |