lusty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Forms: form: lustier
form: lustiest
form: lustie
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”).
Senses: examples: text: How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 6:
text: 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[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7:
glosses: Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
glosses: Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
examples: text: Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: Looking for some hot, hard and hunky fun or a lusty lost weekend at the beach?
ref: 1990 April 7, “Keep It Coming!”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
glosses: Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
examples: text: So lovedst thou the lusty Hyacinct;
So lovedst thou the faire Čoronis deare.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
examples: text: And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks: […]
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
text: 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.
ref: 1652 February 11 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 1 February 1652]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: Of large size; big.
glosses: Of large size; big.
With child.
Derived terms: luscious
lustihead
lustihood
lustily
lustiness
lustious
overlusty
unlusty
Related terms: lustful
lustuous