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unˈlusty, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[un-1 7. Cf. MDu. onlustich (Du. onlustig), MLG. unlustich, MHG. unlustic (G. unlustig), ON. úlystugr, older Da. ulystig, MSw. olustogher (Sw. olustig).]
1. Indisposed to activity or exertion; slothful, lazy; dull, listless. Also const. to with inf.
c1230Hali Meid. 43 And te oðre þat halden ham vnforgult & cleane, beon ase sikere unlustie & wlecche, liueð i godes luue wiðuten euch heate of þe hali gast. a1240Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 205 Touel spac and slow to godd, ȝemeleas and unlusti. 1340Ayenb. 170 To þe sleauolle and to þe onlosti þet byeþ slacke to godes service. 1390Gower Conf. I. 203 Thus his yonge unlusti lif He dryveth forth. c1450Mankind 538 in Macro Plays 20 Thys londe ys so harde, yt makyth wn-lusty & yrke. 1504C'tess Richmond tr. De Imitatione iv. xii. (1893) 276 If thou haue nat that grace whan thou woldest but fele thy selfe drye and vnlusty. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 48 My mynde..when it is cloudy wether..is vnlusty. 1560Pilkington Exp. Aggeus B vi marg., Eate not so that it make ye unlustie to serue God. 1617Hieron Wks. (1620) II. 273 Dauid..went on in a kinde of dull, and heauy, and vnlusty manner with them [sc. holy services].
b. dial. ‘Unwieldly; very fat.’
1881–2in Cornwall glossaries.
2. Lacking in bodily vigour; deficient in health and strength; weak, feeble.
1400–10Clanvowe Cuckoo & Night. viii, Thogh I be old and vnlusty. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. 127* The Cowe should..haue but short pasture, and the Bull his belly full: so shall neyther she be too fat, nor he vnlusty. a1624Bp. Smith Serm. (1632) 249 Infants..borne lame or vnlusty.
b. Of land: Not in good heart.
1573–80Tusser Husb. (1878) 50 If land be vnlustie, the crop is not great.
3. Having an unattractive or ill-favoured look.
c1400Destr. Troy 8035 All wan was the weghe.., With lamentacion & langour vnlusty to se. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas i. i. (1554) 2 b, By..great labours, They were unlusty and ugly of their cheres. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 915 His gummes rusty Are full vnlusty.
4. Undesirable, objectionable, unpleasant.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 3356 They often hadde gret cause hem to venge, But hir spiritis..pesible Thoghten þat craft vnlusty and alenge. c1445Pecock Donet 24 Forto þus do and procede..wolde be ouer longe and tediose and vnlusty to þe heerers. |