word of the day :: concupiscence

concupiscence:

[kon-kyoo-pi-suh ns, kong-]

–noun

1. sexual desire; lust.

2. ardent, usually sensuous, longing.

Origin:

1300-50; ME < LL concupīscentia. See CONCUPISCENT, -ENCE.

"Concupiscence and force are the sources of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones." (Blaise Pascal)

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