Concupiscible

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Concupiscible \Con*cu`pis*ci*ble\, a. [Cf. F. concupiscible.]
     1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence;
        provoking lustful desires. --Shak.
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     2. Exciting desire, good or evil.


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              The schools reduce all the passions to these two
              heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite.
                                                    --South.
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