Thoughts on a Thursday...

I just keep running across such fun words in my reading lately...

con·cu·pis·cent

   [kon-kyoo-pi-suhnt, kong-]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

lustful or sensual.

2.

eagerly desirous.

Origin: 1400–50;  < Latin concupīscent-  (stem of concupīscēns,  presentparticiple of concupīscere  to conceive ardent desire for),equivalent to con- con-  + cup-  (stem of cupere  to desire) + -īscent-,  variant of -ēscent- -escent