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concupiscence (n.)

"ardent desire, improper or illicit desire, lustful feeling," mid-14c., from Old French concupiscence and directly from Late Latin concupiscentia "eager desire," from present-participle stem of Latin concupiscere, inceptive of concupere "to be very desirous of," from assimilated form of com-, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + cupere "to long for" (see cupidity). Used in Vulgate to translate Greek epithymia.

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Definitions of concupiscence from WordNet

concupiscence (n.)
a desire for sexual intimacy;
Synonyms: sexual desire / eros / physical attraction
From wordnet.princeton.edu