CONCUPITIVE ADJ. vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence ...1651 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin concupīt- participial stem of concupĕre, concupiscĕre to desire FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1651 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Now the subject of the passions of the soul, is the concupitive power of the soul, and is divided into concupiscible, and 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..." From: Three Books of Occult Philosophy - Henricus Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim Translated out of the Latin into English by J.F.
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