concupiscence
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- a desire for sexual intimacySynonyms: sexual desireerosphysical attractionType of desireKinds sensuality, lecherousness, passion, love, aphrodisia, libido, fetish, nymphomania, amorousness, the hots +2 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·cu′pis·cence noun
Origin: F., fr. L. concupiscentia.
Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness.— Horne.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54