† unlustinessn.
Obsolete.
1. Lack of enthusiasm or willingness; laziness; disinclination.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun]
un-i-willa1225
unlustc1230
dangerc1290
loathnessa1300
thronessa1400
grudgingc1420
nilling?a1425
unlustiness?a1425
loathinessc1449
difficulty?c1450
grudge1477
sticking1525
scruple1526
unreadiness1526
sweerness1533
dangerousness1548
untowardnessa1555
envy1557
loathsomeness1560
retractation1563
stickling1589
indisposition1593
loathfulness1596
backwardness1597
unwillingness1597
reluctation1598
offwardness1600
undisposedness1600
hinka1614
reluctancy1621
reluctancea1628
renitence1640
nolencea1651
nolencya1651
indisposedness1651
shyness1651
nolition1653
costiveness1654
sullenness1659
scrupling1665
regret1667
queerness1687
stickiness1689
disinclination1695
uneasinessa1715
tarditude1794
disclination1812
inalacrity1813
grudgingness1820
tarrowing1832
reticence1863
grudgery1889
balkiness1894
safety first1913
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 400 (MED) The þridde chapitil is..of þe inperfeccioun of hem þat ben slowȝ or vnlusty in religioun..& of þe remedy how þei schulen come out of þat vnlustynes.
c1450 Bk. Gostlye Grace (1979) 441 (MED) We maye behalde þe slewth ande vnlustynes of owre herte aȝenste God.
1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) iv. xxx. sig. JJiv By vnlustynes in dyffaylynge wtout desyre to do well.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie x. 54 Wee see what vnlustinesse is in vs when God commaundith vs any thing.
1613 W. Webster Plaine Mans Pilgrimage iv. 111 They which feele their coldnesse & vnlustinesse, doe craue the spirit of feruentnesse & earnestnesse.
2. Lack of health, strength, or energy; listlessness; physical weakness or debility.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness
faintise1297
weaknessa1300
faintc1320
feebleness1340
languishingc1384
lamea1400
unferea1400
unferenessa1400
unwielda1400
impotence1406
imbecility?a1425
languisha1425
languoringa1438
unwieldness1437
faintnessa1440
impotency1440
infirmityc1440
debility1484
unlustiness1486
resolution1547
unwieldiness1575
languishment1576
infirmness1596
weakness1603
prostrationa1626
exolution1634
languidness1634
prosternation1650
faintingnessa1661
debilitude1669
flaccidity1676
atony1693
puniness1727
faintishness1733
adynamia1743
asthenia1802
adynamy1817
weakliness1826
tonelessness1873
atonicity1900
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. b viv A medecyne that an hawke shall not lie in mew for vnlustynese.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe xlix. 15 [Gaping] doth come of unlustines or els for lake of slepe.
1596 P. Barrough Method of Phisick (ed. 3) viii. 470 When..the wearinesse or the vnlustinesse of the sinewes is to bee asswaged.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 4 Vnlustinesse of the limmes.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Hhh2v/3 Unlustiness, debilité, foiblesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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