Burning passion; lust. Obsolete. rare.

Eager or vehement desire; in theological use (transl. ἐπιθυμία in the New Testament) the coveting of ‘carnal things’, desire for the ‘things of the…

Ardour, fervour, eagerness.

figurative. Heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm. Const. for. (The…

Ardent or eager desire to obtain a result, pursue a course of action, etc.; desire or longing for something. Also as a count noun: a wish, a…

figurative. Warmth of feeling or desire; intense eagerness, zeal, fervency, ardour.

figurative. ‘Heat of mind’, intensity of feeling or desire, warmth of devotion, zeal, ardour, eagerness; †an instance of the same.

= concupiscence, n.

In modern rhetorical use (with some transferred notion of sense 4): Lawless and passionate desire of or for some object. In poetry sometimes…

A personal obsession, compulsion, or obsessive need; excessive excitement or enthusiasm; a collective enthusiasm, usually short-lived, a ‘craze’…

Passion supposedly inspired in men by nymphs; an ecstasy or yearning, esp. that caused by desire for something unattainable. Also: passion or desire…

= nympholepsy, n.