Refers to strong sexual desire or carnal appetite. Often used in formal or literary contexts.
He acted driven by lust.
The novel contains many depictions of sexual passion.
sex mania; erotomania; nymphomania; sex maniac; erotomaniac; nymphomaniac
hypersexuality · erotomania; de Clérambault's syndrome
paraphilia; sexual deviancy
Compound of 色 (color; eroticism) and 情 (emotion; passion). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination conventionally conveys sexual passion.