lustn.
/lʌst/, U.S. /ləst/ a. Pleasure, delight. Const. in, to, unto. (Sometimes coupled with liking.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]
lustc888
lustfulnessa900
queemnesseOE
mirtheOE
estec1000
winOE
queemc1175
sweetness?c1225
solace1297
dutea1300
lustinga1300
joyingc1300
jollityc1330
lustiheadc1369
lustinessc1374
sweet1377
voluptyc1380
well-pleasinga1382
pleasancec1385
pleasurea1393
volupta1398
easementc1400
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
pleasec1475
satisfaction1477
likancea1500
oblectation1508
beauty1523
aggradation1533
pleasurancec1540
joc1560
likement1577
contentment1587
beloving1589
gratification1598
savouriness1599
entertain1601
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
pleasingness1649
complacency1652
adlubescence1656
enjoyment1665
volupe1669
musica1674
pleasantry1740
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxiv. §3 Þa sæde he [Epicurus] se lust wære hehste good.
c1275 Luue Ron 93 in Old Eng. Misc. 96 He [Jesus] is feyr and bryht on heowe..Of lufsum lost of truste treowe.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 92 Of zuyche blisse and of zuyche loste no liknesse..ne may by yuounde..ine lostes of þe wordle.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 2 Sone, have mynde how þou haddist lust in this lyfe, and Lazar peyne.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 810 Alas! my swete sonnys,..for youre sakys I shall fyrste lose my lykynge and luste.
a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 222 Whan we kys and play, In lust and in lykyng.
c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxii. v Let God save hym in whom was all his lust.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. K2 Gazing vppon the Greekes with little lust . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 486.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasures
lustsc1000
sweet1377
voluptyc1380
delicies1534
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 14 Þa ðe..of carum..& of lustum þiss lifes synt for-þrysmede.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 72 Þer hy habbeþ..hire solas, hire blisse, and hire confort, and alle hire lostes.
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 581 My lyf, my lustes be me lothe.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Tim. iii. 4 Loueris of lustis [L. voluptatum amatores] more than of God.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. 213 This es it to luffe paramoures, and lustis [v.r. listes] and litys.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3317 All your ledys..[shal] lyue in þis lond with lustes at ease.
c. quasi-concrete. A source of pleasure or delight; †an attraction, charm (obsolete). poetic.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > attractive quality or feature
lust1390
jollity1484
allure1534
Venus1540
attract1593
attraction1599
attractive1607
gold dust1690
charm1697
charmingness1727
take1794
charmfulness1842
style1897
appeal1916
pull factor1938
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure
honeycombOE
sweetness?c1225
dainty1340
sweet1377
delicec1390
lust1390
pleasancec1390
pleasingc1390
well-queema1400
well-queemnessa1400
douceurc1400
delectation?a1425
pleasure1443
pleaserc1447
delectabilitiesa1500
deliciositiesa1500
honeydew1559
delicacy1586
fancy1590
sugar candy1591
regalo1622
happiness1637
deliciousness1651
complacence1667
regalea1677
sweetener1741
bon-bon1856
Bones1869
jam1871
true love1893
nuts1910
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
G-spot1983
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 46 O Venus,..Thou lif, thou lust, thou mannes hele.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 46 In kertles and in Copes riche Thei weren clothed..With alle lustes that eche knew Thei were enbrouded overal.
1423 Kingis Quair lxv Our lyf, oure lust, oure gouernoure, oure quene.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms lxii. 7 God is my glory and my health, my soules desire and lust.
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the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun]
loveeOE
well-likinglOE
favoura1340
liking1340
greea1400
study?c1400
benevolence1423
lustc1430
carec1540
goût1586
like1589
infection1600
predilection1626
notion1789
grá1833
shindy1855
hard-on1949
c1430 Freemasonry 506 For they were werkemen of the beste, The emperour hade to them gret luste.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xiv. A Yf the Lorde haue lust vnto vs [1611 If the Lord delight in vs].
a. Desire, appetite, relish or inclination for something. Const. of; to (with noun or infinitive). Sometimes joined with leisure (cf. list n.4 2). Obsolete.Now merged in the stronger use 5 (influenced by 4).
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a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. xiii. [xii.] 436 Mid unges~wencedlice luste heofonlicra gode.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 86 Him wæs metes micel lust.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 96 Oðer hwile þe lust is hat towart an sunne.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 253 Þe oþer stape is þet me zette mesure ine þe loste and mid þe likinge of þe wille.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxviii. 285 I hadde no lust to go to tho parties.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 253 The wedir was hote aboute noone, and sir Launcelot had grete luste to slepe.
15.. Frere & Boye 56 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1833) 37 Hys dyner forth he drough: Whan he sawe it was but bad, Ful lytell lust thereto he had.
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man To Rdr. f. iiijv Yf we thurst, his [sc. God's] trueth shall fulfill oure luste.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 580/2 I have nothing so good luste to my worke as I had yesterdaye.
1570 J. Foxe Serm. Christ Crucified (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A iiij Men wholy geuen ouer to worldly studyes haue litle leysure, and lesse lust, either to heare Sermons or to read bookes.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle i. sig. C3v If you would consider your state, you would haue little lust to sing, I-wisse.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 276 I have neither lust nor leasure to enter the question.
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1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23360 I had a lust..for to holden my passage.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (1535) 11 b No man ought to eate but after he hath a luste.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 616/1 I have a luste to gyve you a blowe on the cheke.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms (1566) lxxi. 167 From my youth I had a lust Stil to depend on thee.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 161 Such as did seeke the Glory of Martyrs..out of a lust of dying.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > resistance to disease
lustc950
lustinessc1325
vigourc1386
hardinessc1405
lustihood1600
stamina1726
lustihead1748
hardihood1780
robustfulness1879
refractoriness1887
refractiveness1931
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
i-willc888
wilningc888
willingeOE
lustc950
listc1220
desire1303
affection1340
desiring1377
appetite1382
envya1400
wishc1430
desideryc1450
stomach1513
affect1531
wilnec1540
desirefulness1548
woulding1549
desirousness1571
ambition1579
lusting1580
listing1587
maw1601
appetition1603
appetence1610
bosoma1616
orexis1619
desirableness1649
appetency1656
would1753
wanting1801
want-to1903
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John i. 13 Ðaðe ne of blodum ne of uillo vel of lust lichomæs ne from uillo vel lust [weres] ah Gode gecened sint.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2899 Sua ferr your lust yee foln noght, Þat yee for-gete him þat yow wroght.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1620 Weep now namoore, I wol thy lust fulfille.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvi. 268 Whan he was all to-brosed and hym diffouled at her lust saf thei haue hym not slain.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xci. 11 Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8852 All the pepull to pyne put and dethe at oure lust?
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 18 If by the law of your lust, you account me a craftie..felow.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 14v Will thy father..giue thee libertie to lyue after thyne owne lust?
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. v. 132 When I am hence, Ile answer to my lust . View more context for this quotation
1677 C. Sedley Antony & Cleopatra i. ii. 5 The Valiant cannot board, nor Coward fly, But at the lust of the unconstant sky.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > excessive hunger > for dainties or specific food > during pregnancy
lust1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 241/2 Luste as women with chylde have.
3. spec. in Biblical and Theological use: Sensuous appetite or desire, considered as sinful or leading to sin. Often plural esp. in the lusts of the flesh, fleshly lusts.
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OE Cynewulf Juliana 409 Him sylfum selle þynceð leahtras to fremman ofer lof godes, lices lustas.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Ðre þing beð þat mankin heuieð. On is þe selue lust, oðer is iuel lehtres. Ðe þridde flesliche lustes.
c1230 Hali Meid. 3 Pricunges of fleschliche fulðen to licomliche lustes.
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28749 (MED) Fasting and gude bisines Gers a man fle lustes of fless.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 John ii. 16 All that is in the worlde (as the lust of the flesshe, the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of gooddes).
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 331 Wee haue reason to coole our raging motions, our carnall stings, our vnbitted lusts . View more context for this quotation
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. i. 2 Which set a man at liberty from his lusts and passions.
1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John viii. 130 These sensual pleasures, these gods of our creation, these lusts which we are feeding.
1900 J. Watson in Expositor Sept. 193 This world with its pride and its riches and its lust and its glitter must pass away.
4. Sexual appetite or desire. Chiefly and now exclusively implying moral reprobation: Libidinous desire. (The chief current use.)
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]
lustc1000
goleheada1325
luxury1340
luxurec1374
concupiscencec1386
gigletrya1387
nicetya1387
flesh-lusta1400
lovereda1400
sensualities1477
lascivity1490
lubricitya1492
libidinosity1509
luxuriousness1542
veneriousness1547
rammishness1552
luxe1558
ustion1559
lustinessa1575
luxurity1576
lusting1580
by-lusting1583
lasciviousness1590
lusciousness1594
epithymy1600
concupiscency1608
libidinousness1611
lustfulness1611
concupiscentiality1612
rampancy1652
venereousness1659
ustulation1660
lasciviency1664
salaciousness1727
lech1796
lustihood1798
randinessc1890
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 358 Weres wylla to gefremmanne nime bares geallan & smyre mid þone teors & þa hærþan þonne hafað he mycelne lust.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 524/34 Ueneris, lustes.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26254 Man þat menges him wit best for his flexs lust to ful-fill.
c1315 Shoreham Poems i. 1981 Ne stren may nou encressy Wyþ-oute flesches loste.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) iv. 27 The grete lust that he had to hire.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1563 Thou deemest luste and love convertible.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fv Loue comforteth like sun-shine after raine, But lusts effect is tempest after sunne. View more context for this quotation
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 105 In the time of their lust (commonly called cat-wralling) they [sc. cats] are wilde and fierce, especially the males.
1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A3 He never spared man in his Anger, nor woman in his Lust.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1015 In Lust they burne: Till Adam thus 'gan Eve to dalliance move. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 90 Wine urg'd to lawless Lust the Centaurs Train. View more context for this quotation
a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 84 We need not rake the Brothel and the Stews, To see what various Scenes of Lust they use.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful i. §10. 17 The passion which belongs to generation, merely as such, is lust only.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xxii. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 75 The feeble vassals of wine and anger and lust.
5. In modern rhetorical use (with some transferred notion of sense 4): Lawless and passionate desire of or for some object. In poetry sometimes without implied reprobation: Overmastering desire (esp. of battle).
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun]
heartburna1325
concupiscencec1340
firelihead1340
ardourc1386
zealc1451
ardency1549
fervency1554
cupiscence1647
lust1679
mania1689
nympholepsy1776
nympholepsia1885
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus iv. 58 He who brings him forth, shall have reward Beyond Ambition's lust.
1699 C. Cibber Xerxes (1736) ii. 28 The neighing Steeds too foam and champ..and shew a noble Lust of War!
1760 L. Sterne Serm. xi, in Wks. (1815) III. 118 The insatiate lust of being witty.
1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 308 The monarch was governed by a lust of power.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) II. xii. 274 It appeared that he felt nothing really but the lust of applause.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 660 The very lust of pleasing the men on whose favour..their prosperity..depends.
1856 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxvi, in Monthly Packet May 333 From the time Edward I. that gave way to the lust of conquest, his history is one of painful deterioration.
1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 12 A mean lust of accumulation.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 192 Hereward, who felt the lust of battle tingling him from head to heel.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > fertility or richness
fecundityc1420
fertility1490
pregnance?1533
fatness1555
battleness1598
pride1603
lust1605
pregnancy1615
pinguity1623
generousness1695
productivity1865
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. viii. 54 To restore the luste bothe in plantes and in beestes.
?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Biiij No lust of grenenes nor of lyfe appereth.
?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.iv I left her in good helth and luste.
a1591 R. Greenham Serm. (1599) i. 96 It putteth life and lust into vs,..to doe all those good workes which may glorifie God.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee3v Being as a plant that commeth of the lust of the earth, without a formal seede. View more context for this quotation
c1616 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 9 As courage to the souldier, mettle to the horse, lust to the ground.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §442 The increasing the Lust of the Earth or of the Plant.
1648 Hunting of Fox 5 The Vine..springs not up..out of the lust and fatnesse of the earth.
1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 20 Feb. 44 The Salt and Lime together contribute some warmth, as well as lust and heat, to the Seed, and help the defect of other Manure.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. Simple attributive.
lust-bed n.
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c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 77 Þe heuenliche leche seinte poul..rere us of ure fule lust bedde.
lust-fiend n.
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1609 G. Markham Famous Whore (1868) 19 To breede in them this lust-feind iealousie.
lust-itch n.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iv. sig. D5 Marry Alcides thirteenth act must lend A glorious period, and his lust-itch end.
lust-pandar n.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C Ioues lust pander, Maias iugling sonne.
lust-storm n.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 148 Hurried with Passion's winds Whether their Lust-stormes doo transport their mindes.
C2. Objective, instrumental. etc.
lust-baiting adj.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. C6v Tainting our Townes, and hopefull Accademes, With your lust-bating most abhorred meanes.
lust-belepered adj.
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1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iv. sig. Hv I'le drag Thy lust be-leapred body through the dust.
lust-blind adj.
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1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood xv. 21 This lustblind Louer's vaine.
lust-born adj.
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1887 R. Browning F. Furini iii Lust-born His Eve low bending took the privilege Of life.
lust-burned adj.
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1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. H3v The lust-burn'd and wine-heated monsters.
lust-burning adj.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 228 Oft, two Creatures of a divers kinde,..Confounding their lust-burning seeds together, Beget an Elfe, not like in all to either.
lust-cankered adj.
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1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. sig. F3v The putrefied sores, Of these lust-cankerd great ones.
lust-dieted adj.
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1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 65 The superfluous and lust-dieted man That stands your ordinance. View more context for this quotation
lust-engendered adj.
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1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. I2v To hew your lust ingendred flesh to shreds.
lust-fired adj.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C Like a swaggerer, lust fiered.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iii. 79 Walla..Was by a lust-fir'd Satyre 'mong our bowres Well-neere surpriz'd.
lust-fretted adj.
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1873 E. J. Brennan Witch of Nemi 155 Purge my lust-fretted soul of its remorse.
lust-greedy adj.
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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 353 Like lust-greedy Goats.
lust-grown adj.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiv. sig. Qq6 A..lust-growne rage.
lust-stained adj.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 37 Thy bed lust-staind, shall with lusts blood be spotted. View more context for this quotation
lust-stung adj.
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1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. ix. 20 Some lust-stung letcher.
lust-tempting adj.
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1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. D3 She is remoou'd from his lust-tempting eye.
lust-wearied adj.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. i. 38 The neere Lust-wearied Anthony. View more context for this quotation
C3. Special combinations.† lust-breathed adj. Obsolete energized or animated by lust.† lust-garden n. [after German lust-garten, Dutch lustgaard] Obsolete a pleasure-garden.† lust-wort n. Obsolete Gerarde's transl. of the Dutch name of the Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective]
golelichc1000
luxuriousc1330
jollyc1384
lustyc1386
Venerienc1386
nicea1393
gayc1405
lasciviousc1425
libidinous1447
Venerian1448
coltishc1450
gigly1482
lubric1490
ranka1500
venereous1509
lubricous1535
venerious1547
boarish?1550
goatish?1552
cadye1554
lusting1559
coy1570
rage1573
rammish1577
venerial1577
lustful1579
rageous1579
proud1590
lust-breathed1594
rampant1596
venerous1597
sharp-seta1600
fulsome1600
lubrical1602
hot-backed1607
ruttish1607
stoned1607
muskish-minded1610
Venerean1612
saucya1616
veneral1623
lascive1647
venereal1652
lascivient1653
hircine1656
hot-tempered1673
ramp1678
randy1771
concupiscenta1834
aphrodisiac1862
lubricious1884
radgie1894
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B1 Lust-breathed Tarquin, leaues the Roman host. View more context for this quotation
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > pleasure garden
paradise1374
pleasance1509
lust-garden1589
viridariumc1660
pleasure ground1755
1589 Troubl. Trav. Tyme 10 The Paradise, or Lust-garden of the Lord.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Droseraceae (sundew and allies) > [noun]
rosa solis1568
ros solis1578
sundew1578
youthgrass1584
lust-wort1597
moor grass1597
red rot1597
youthwort1597
rose of the sun1631
drosera1801
dew-plant1869
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1366 It is called..in low Dutch Loopichecruit, which in English signifieth Lust woort, bicause..cattell, if they do but onely taste of it, are prouoked to lust.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 318 Lust-wort, Drosera.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
lustv.
/lʌst/, U.S. /ləst/ literary and archaic.† 1. † b. intransitive. To delight in (something). Obsolete.† 2. impersonal. me lusteth: I have a desire. Obsolete.† 3. intransitive. To desire, choose, wish.† b. With ellipsis of infinitive. (Chiefly in clauses introduced by relatives, when, where, etc.) Obsolete.† c. reflexive in the same sense. Obsolete.† d. transitive. To desire. Obsolete. (Cf. list v.1 3.)
a. transitive. To please, delight (also absol.); passive and reflexive to be pleased or delighted. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]
i-quemec893
ywortheOE
queemeOE
likeOE
likeOE
paya1200
gamec1225
lustc1230
apaya1250
savoura1300
feastc1300
comfort1303
glew1303
pleasec1350
ticklec1386
feedc1400
agreea1413
agreec1425
emplessc1450
gree1468
applease1470
complaire1477
enjoy1485
warm1526
to claw the ears1549
content1552
pleasure1556
oblect?1567
relish1567
gratify1569
sweeta1575
promerit1582
tinkle1582
tastea1586
aggrate1590
gratulatea1592
greeta1592
grace1595
arride1600
complease1604
honey1604
agrade1611
oblectate1611
oblige1652
placentiate1694
flatter1695
to shine up to1882
fancy-
c1230 Hali Meid. 34 Hare muchele vnþeaw, þet bereð ham ase beastes to al þet ham lusteð.
a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvi. 3 And i am lusted [L. delectatus sum].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 246 Þer he him uetteþ, þer he him losteþ, þer he him resteþ.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. vii. 139 This is interieccioun sorweful wer inne is no thing that lusteth.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > take joy or delight in [verb (transitive)]
delightc1230
to have joy of1297
joyc1330
enjoy1462
delect1510
to enjoy of?1521
lustc1540
revel1592
luxuriate1653
rollick1848
wallow1876
thrill1935
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3869 Noght ferfull, ne furse,..Louet he no lede þat lustide in wrange.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (intransitive)]
wilneOE
me lusteth1390
desire1393
lusta1400
like1780
lech1940
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 213 Him lusteth of no ladi chiere.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 55 As thoughe me lusteth ware lawe.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iijv Let hym come when hym lust.
a. Const. infinitive.In the first quotation the verb may be impersonal: cf. list v.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (intransitive)]
wilneOE
me lusteth1390
desire1393
lusta1400
like1780
lech1940
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 22601 No creature shal luste [Vesp., Gött., Fairf. 14 list] play Seint petur shal be doumbe þat day.
1459 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 192 Such time as God lustith to calle you owte of this present life.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Hiiv Who so lusteth to rede this lytel treatyse.
1562–3 Jack Jugler (1873) 43 You may saye..That you lusted not this night any supper make.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Holy Ghost ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 463 He that lust to see examples, let him search their lives.
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. F3 Insomuche as hee that neuer lusted to helpe others, was not nowe able to helpe himselfe.
ΚΠ
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xvii. f. xxiiij They..have done vnto him whatsoever they lusted.
1529 in J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer (1694) App. xviii. 36 A man is at his choiss to choose him what proctor he lust best.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S2v Doe not I kings create,..And whom I lust, do heape with glory and renowne?
1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 56 Here is Elderton lyeng in dust, Or lyeng Elderton, chose which you lust.
1618 M. Baret Hipponomie i. 70 In letting him doe what hee lust, hee will become so stubborne and idle [etc.].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (reflexive)]
lusta1568
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 13 To giue them licence to liue as they lust them selues.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Ciiv To flaunt it out, in what apparell he lust himselfe.
1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 213 They rate the goods without reason as they lust themselues.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)]
willeOE
wilnec897
desirec1230
catcha1350
appetec1385
appetitec1385
to wait after ——1393
to set (also have, keep, turn) one's mind onc1450
list1545
exopt1548
to have a mind1553
desiderate1646
lust1653
to have eyes for1657
like1685
want1698
choose1766
to be stuck on1878
1653 R. Sanderson Serm. Newport 4 The Spirit and the flesh are contraries, and they lust contrary things.
4.
a. intransitive. To have a strong, excessive, or inordinate desire. Const. for, after, †unto; occasionally with infinitive or noun-clause. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > desire inordinately [verb (intransitive)]
lust1530
greedc1685
to skin a flint1834
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. xiv. f. xxviii Goo..and bestowe that moneye on what soeuer thy soule lusteth after.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 616/1 I luste or longe for a thyng, as a woman with chylde doth.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogation Wk. ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 492 If we be an hungred, we lust for bread.
1611 Bible (King James) Gal. v. 17.
a1701 C. Sedley Tyrant of Crete ii. iv So barbarous a place which dares do Any thing it lusts unto without regard Of laws or hospitality.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxii. 142 I have lusted earnestly, and endeavoured carefully..that these little books..might stand instead of many bigger books.
1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 211 All those who lusted after the gains and possessions of the Jews.
1898 Pall Mall Mag. June 221 The..Spaniards lusting for their destruction.
1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 150 Charging with the cold bayonet, as they lusted to.
b. spec. of sexual desire.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > lust [verb (intransitive)]
covet1382
lust1526
lech1911
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. vj Whosoever eyeth a wyfe, lustynge affter her, hathe committed advoutrie with her alredy in his hert.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. I3 But Paridell of loue did make no threasure, But lusted after all, that him did moue. View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 156 Thy bloud hotly lusts to vse her in that kind for which thou whipst her. View more context for this quotation
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 200 Societie with that sex, is much lusted after by all inflamed Asiatiques.
1732 A. Pope Strange Relation E. Curll in J. Swift et al. Misc.: 3rd Vol. ii. 44 Instead of lusting after the real Wives and Daughters of our rich Citizens, they covet nothing but their Money and Estates.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. vi. 48 Yet dost thou lust after the daughter of our despised race.
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