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▪ I. † unˈlust, n. Obs. [OE. unlust (un-1 12), = MDu. (Du.) onlust, MLG. unlust, OHG., MHG., G. unlust (Sw. olust), Goth. unlustu-s disinclination, displeasure, dislike. Cf. also ON. úlyst (Da. ulyst).] 1. Absence of pleasure; distress, weariness.
a1000Sal. & Sat. 268 (Gr.), Se fuᵹel..wylleð hine on ð am wite, wunað unlustum. c1440Jacob's Well 116 No lyif of sweete deuocyoun ne gostly gladnesse is in ȝou, but dedly heuynes, & angwysch, & vnlust. 2. Want of appetite; nausea.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 158 Læcedomas wiþ unluste & wlætan þe of maᵹan cymð. c1230Hali Meid. 35 Hwat mete se þi mahe hokerliche underfeð; þat is, wið unlust. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 22 In all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put:..but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke. 3. Disinclination to be active or bestir oneself; slothfulness, laziness, idleness.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 556 He þolað neadunge þeostra þurh wrace, se þe ær lustlice forbær his unlustes þeostra. c1200Ormin 2623 Forr unnlusst & forrswundennleȝȝc Iss Drihhtin swiþe unncweme. a1300Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 336 Gloterie and lecherie, prude and wicke coveytise,..And in unlust for to lye. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋680 He dooth all thyng..with ydelnesse and vnlust. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) vii. xxiii. 311/2 Goodes of holy chirche..ben gyuen to helpe of the poore &..not to selle them ayen to ryche men to maynten them in unlust & in bodely ease. b. Disinclination (for something). Const. of, to (with inf.), towards.
1390Gower Conf. III. 291 For unlust of that aventure Ther was noman which tok tonsure. 1530Tindale Prol. Epist. Romans A ij b, We fynde in oure silves vnlust and tediousnes to do good. 1535Coverdale Isaiah xliii. 22 Thou haddest an vnlust towarde me, o Israel. 4. Evil desire or inclination. (un- 4 b.)
a1225Ancr. R. 288 (MS. B), Hwon þe heorte draheð to hire unlust [F. a son mal desir]. 5. Unpleasantness, repulsiveness.
a1529Skelton El. Rummyng 148 Theyr tresses untrust, All full of vnlust. ▪ II. † unˈlust, v. Obs. (un-2 6 b.)
1683Argt. for Union 38 It sounded more decently..to pray in the Churches words,..then to use those of an eminent Dissenter, Lord un-lust us. |