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concupiscence noun

Categories: motivation; sexuality.
1604, Cawdrey:

desire.

1626, Cockeram:

lust, fleshly desire.

1658, Phillips:

(lat.) a vehement desire of any thing, but more particularly a lustfull, or venereal appetite.

1676, Coles:

[lust]] or vehement desire. Researcher's notes: Coles also includes concupiscible faculty: the sensual power of the soul, seeking only pleasures.