/ˈlʌsti/
OriginFrom 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”).
- 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 / 'B”
- Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
- informal, obsoleteGiven 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?”
- obsoleteBeautiful; handsome; pleasant.
“So louedſt thou the luſty Hyacinct,
So louedſt thou the faire Coronis deare: […]”
- obsoleteOf 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”
- obsolete, rareWith child.
Formslustier(comparative) · lustiest(superlative) · lustie(alternative, obsolete)