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lusty

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/ˈlʌsti/

Definition of lusty

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
    “How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?”
    “I ſaw him [Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him[…]”
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adj

  1. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
    “How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?”
    “I ſaw him [Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him[…]”
  2. Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
  3. (informal, obsolete)Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
    “Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew”
    “Looking for some hot, hard and hunky fun or a lusty lost weekend at the beach?”
  4. (obsolete)Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
    “So louedſt thou the luſty Hyacinct, So louedſt thou the faire Coronis deare: […]”
  5. (obsolete)Of large size; big.
    “And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks: […]”
    “I thought to have embarked in the evening, but, for fear of pirates plying near the coast, I durst not trust our small vessel, and stayed till Monday following, when two or three lusty vessels were to depart.”
  6. (obsolete, rare)Of large size; big.

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Etymology

From Middle English lusty (“mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”), equivalent to lust + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian lustich (“amusing”), West Frisian lustich (“amusing, funny”), Dutch lustig (“cheerful”), German lustig (“amusing”), Danish lystig (“merry”), Swedish lustig (“funny”).

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