concupitive

concupitive

English

Etymology

From Latin concupīscō (“I desire strongly, I desire eagerly; I covet”).

Adjective

concupitive (comparative more concupitive, superlative most concupitive)

1. (rare) Relating to the nature of concupiscence or lust; concupiscible.
   • 1861, William Whewell, The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers:

     We shall then not be wrong if we say that there are two different principles: the one that by which the man reasons, which we may call the rational part of the soul; and the other, by which he hungers and thirsts, and feels other desires, which we may call the concupitive part.

   • 1913, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, The Philosophy of Natural Magic (translated by L. W. de Laurence):

     Now, the subject of the passions of the soul is the concupitive power of the soul, and is divided into that concupiscible and that irascible, and both respect good and bad, but under a different notion. For when the concupiscible power respects good and evil absolutely, love or lust, or, on the contrary, hatred is caused.