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concupiscent

adj.
UK //kɒnkjuːpˈɪsənt// con·cu·pis·cent
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Origin

From Latin concupiscens (stem concupiscent-), present participle of concupīscō (“long for, covet”), inchoative of concupiō (“long for”), from con- + cupiō (“desire, wish for”).

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