SuaviloquyToday’s word

concupiscence

Concupiscence, n.

Etymology: [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.]

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for concupiscence; he lists it under desire.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.