lustyadj.

Brit.

/ˈlʌsti/, U.S.

/ˈləsti/

Forms: Also Middle English lusti, 1500s losty, 1500s–1600s lustie.

Etymology: < lust n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle High German lustic (modern German lustig), Old Norse lostig-r.

†1.

a. Of persons and their attributes: Joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]

blitheOE

merryOE

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lustya1225

playfulc1225

jollyc1305

merrya1350

jocund?c1380

galliardc1386

in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395

mirthfula1400

baudec1400

gayc1400

jovy1426

jocantc1440

crank1499

envoisiesa1500

as merry as a cricket1509

pleasant1530

frolic?1548

jolious1575

gleeful1586

buxom1590

gleesome1590

festival1592

laughter-loving1592

disposed1593

jucund1596

heartsomec1600

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jovialist1610

laughsome1612

jocundary1618

gaysome1633

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jovialissime1652

airy1654

festivous1654

hilarous1659

spleneticala1661

cocket1671

cranny1673

high1695

vogie1715

raffing?1719

festal1724

as merry (or lively) as a grig1728

hearty1755

tittuping1772

festive1774

fun-loving1776

mirthsome1787

Falstaffian1809

cranky1811

laughful1825

as lively as a cricket1832

hurrah1835

hilarious1838

Bacchic1865

laughterful1874

griggish1879

banzai1929

slap-you-on-the-back1932

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart

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blithe971

lustya1225

joyousc1305

gladsomec1410

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1693 Alle pleiende somet, alle lahinde somet, eauer iliche lusti.

14.. Epiphany in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 109 With lusty hart and glad chere and myld of face.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 655 And from his courser, with a lusty herte, In to a groue ful hastily he sterte.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. ++iiii^v The lawe requireth a fre, a willinge, a lusty and a louynge hearte.

1552 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 16 The one so lusty with good luck that he had no lust to leave, and the other so chafed with losing that he still would venture.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F8 The gentlemen..keepe sumptuous houses, lusty ports, and great hospitalitie.

a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn4/2 My most noble Princes, no discontents, but all be lustie, He that frownes this day is an open enemie.

b. Of singing, music, festivities: Merry, cheerful. Now archaic and dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of singing or festivities

lusty1430

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Prol. (1554) 35 Their..lustie freshe singing.

c1450 ( Nightingale (Calig.) l. 37 in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 3 Sche..all the someres nyght Ne seseth not with mony a lusty note.

?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evij^v Let vs some lusty balet syng.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos vi. A The lusty chere [1611 banquet] of the wylfull shall come to an ende.

1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxviii. sig. B6 With loftie turnes and capriols in the ayre, Which with the lustie tunes accordeth fayre.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm2/1 Well met sir, you are for this lusty wedding.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii*, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 108 The lusty banquetting, with sweet-meats and comfits.

1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 262 Hark! a lusty horn is sounded.

1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxvii. 183 Never once did we speak of wars and stratagems..but all of friendship, of lusty daffing, and of leasome love.

†2. Pleasing, pleasant. Obsolete.

†a. Pleasing in appearance; beautiful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective]

smickerc725

faireOE

lieflyOE

sheenOE

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wlitic1000

lovesomec1175

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flourisheda1375

lovelya1400

weenc1400

beauteous1435

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pulchriousa1500

speciousa1513

shanda1525

speciosea1525

pulchrousc1540

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beauty1598

lovelike1621

killing1634

florid1642

beautied1830

stunning1849

fairsome1862

pulchritudinous1877

beaut1894

loverly1907

a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 269 Þi leor is swa unimete lufsum and lusti on to loken.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 35 Now be the lusti somer floures, Now be the stormy wynter shoures.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi The medowes..Tapited bene with diuers floures newe, Of sundry motlees lusty for to sene.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. ix. 86 Lavynia..That doun for schame did cast hyr lusty eyn [L. decoros].

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. iii. f. iiij The woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 9, in 2nd Pt. Herball Hillockes whych are pleasant and lusty to loke unto.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvii. 63 Quhen throu hir garments, heir and thair, Appeirit hir lustie limis square.

†b. Of dress: Handsome, gay. Of persons: Gaily dressed. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > showily or fancily dressed

gaya1387

fresha1393

jollyc1405

lustyc1412

prankedc1550

well-attireda1569

prank1575

conceited1579

dressed1641

gaily dressed1730

bedressed1863

tricked1869

done-up1911

dolled1917

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

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round1402

side-necked1430

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Spanish1530

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lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

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translated1727

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costumic1801

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Tom and Jerry1830

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Mary Stuart1846

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empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 486 Who now moost may bere on his bak at ones Of cloth and furrour, hath a fressch renoun; He is ‘a lusty man’ clept for þe nones.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 185 Ane hundreth ladyes, lusty in to wedis, Als fresch as flouris that in May vp spredis.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Lusty or fresshe in apparayle, frisque.

a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 134 Ye shall prove their lustie Lyveryes to be bought with excedinge great Excesse.

1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris i. iii. sig. Aiij^v Her lustie mantle wauing in the winde.

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. B1 Euery Shepheards boy, Puts on his lusty greene.

1619 M. Drayton In Peake in Poems 297 Long since the Summer layd Her lustie Brau'rie downe.

†c. Of seasons, places, etc.: Pleasant, delightful. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

?a1366 Romaunt Rose 736 And with him, in that lusty place, So fair folk and so fresh hadde he.

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 44 Ful lusty was the weder and benigne.

c1430 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (E.E.T.S.) 4807 In that fressh[e] lusty place Hem to disporte and solace.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxix. [lxxv.] 236 It was in the ioly lusty moneth of Aprell.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A4^v That I may coniure in some lustie groue.

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. B1^v Since the lusty spring began.

†d. Pleasant to the taste. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective]

likingeOE

goodOE

lickerousc1275

deliciousa1325

daintya1382

dainteousc1386

daintiful1393

delicatea1398

merrya1398

savourlyc1400

liciousc1420

savourousa1425

daintethc1430

lustyc1430

feelsomea1450

nuttya1450

seasonablea1475

delicativec1475

unctuous1495

well-tasteda1500

daintive1526

savoury1533

exquisite1561

spicy1562

well-relished?1575

finger-licking1584

toothsome1584

taste-pleasinga1586

daint1590

relishsome1593

lickerish1595

tastesome1598

friand1599

tooth-tempting1603

relishing1605

well-relishing1608

neat1609

hungry1611

palate-pleasing1611

tasteful1611

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tastya1617

palatable1619

toothful1622

sipid1623

unsoured1626

famelic1631

tasteablea1641

piquant1645

sapid1646

saporousa1670

slape1671

palativea1682

flavorous1697

nice1709

well-flavoured1717

gusty1721

flavoury1727

fine-palated1735

unrepulsive1787

degustatory1824

zesty1826

peckish1845

mouth-watering1847

flavoursome1853

unreasty1853

unrancida1855

relishy1864

toothy1864

flavoured1867

tasty-looking1867

hungrifying1886

velvety1888

snappy1892

zippy1911

savoursome1922

delish1953

c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight 29 Till firy Tytan..Had dried up the lusty lycour nywe, Upon the herbes in the grene mede.

a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1436 Also ȝef þou synned hast In mete or drynke by lusty tast.

†e. Of language, eloquence, etc.: Pleasing, agreeable. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > pleasing

gentc1390

softc1390

lusty1399

1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 372 That it be lore lawefulle, and lusty to here.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 255 Into this eende..thei vsiden certein colouris of rethorik, that with hem her spechis schulde be the more lusti.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. x. sig. c.viii All the audyence Reioysed to here, her lusty eloquence.

1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Yong scolers..whan they haue delectably lycked a lytell of the lycorous electuary of lusty lerning.

†3. Full of desire, desirous. Const. to, for. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirous

willesfula1250

desirousc1300

wilful1340

desiringc1386

desireda1400

talentivec1400

willinga1425

lusty1493

desiranta1500

desireful?1520

fond1551

lusting1559

desirable1759

1493 Festivall (1515) 96 Than George bad y^e kynge..be lusty to goddes servyce.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10598 Sum lordes to lenge lusty þai were.

1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 124^v These thynges are written for our sake, to make vs lustie to folowe oure vocation.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 97 Lusty for labour.

†4. Full of lust or sexual desire; lustful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

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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

c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 41 Fy stynkyng swyn fy, foule moot thee falle,..A taketh heede sires, of this lusty man.

1483 Cath. Angl. 224/2 Lusty,..libidinosus.

?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxix^v It is better to kepe the hors from the mares,..for..he shall be more lusty, & the moo hors coltes shall he gete.

1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 75 He went..when he was lustie, to his wief, and vsid her companye in bed.

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse iv. sig. G3 Prouoking thoughts, that stirr vpp lusty fiers.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rechauffer vn chien, to make him lustie, or desirous of the bitch.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 While their Youth is fill'd with kindly Fire, Submit thy Females to the lusty Sire.

5. Full of healthy vigour.

a. Of persons and animals: Healthy, strong, vigorous. Also of a period of life: Characterized by vigour. Now somewhat archaic in literary use; common in dialects. †In early use often: Valiant, courageous, active (obsolete).

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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc.

strongeOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

stalworthyc1300

vigorousc1330

stoura1350

lustyc1374

marrowya1382

sturdyc1386

crank1398

robust1490

vigorious1502

stalwart1508

hardy1548

robustious1548

of force1577

rustical1583

marrowed1612

rustic1620

robustic1652

solid1741

refractory1843

salted1864

resistant1876

saulteda1879

c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 85 This..knyght..Was yong and there with all a lusty knyght.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 80 With hym ther was his sone a yong Squier A louyere, and a lusty Bacheler.

1486 Bk. St. Albans b vj b That hawke was neuer so lusty nor so Joly before.

1521 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 281 I mett his Holynes, and my thought I never sawe hym mor losty.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xvii. D A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull minde [mīde in text] dryeth vp y^e bones.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128 For milcking, or for feeding, it is best alwayes to chose such as are young, of lusty age.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 66 I take my leaue of you..Not sicke..But lusty, yong and cheerely drawing breth.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 All idle, lustie, and wandring beggars, who ought not to eate.

a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 27 Cause a lusty Servant (his Arms well washed) to mix the honey and water together.

1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 185 Old as I am, my lusty Limbs appear Like Winter Greens, that flourish all the Year.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 175 A bark with lusty rowers well supplied.

1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. i Though my brothers are So beautiful and lusty.

1876 W. Black Madcap Violet vii. 65 But what pathos was there possible to those stalwart young fellows with their lusty throats, their tobacco, and beer and wine?

1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/9 10..steers, in lusty condition.

in extended use.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iv. 31 Make lusty the mynde of a Christian souldier.a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 18 Truth is the natural food of our soul..doth render it lusty, plump and active.1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 33 (note) They were..the natural guides of the lusty young democracy.1880 N. Smyth Old Faiths in New Light (1882) i. 19 Much even of our most positive and lusty science is still only in its infancy.

†b. Phrases. Lusty Laurence (cf. laurence n.¹): ‘a good wencher’ (Nares). Lusty Juventus: the title of a morality play produced c1550; often used allusively in 16th cent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual potency or vigour

ability?1473

Lusty Juventus1582

virility1598

mettle1612

manhood1640

potency1739

potence1875

lead in one's pencil1941

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who

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whoremonger?a1472

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holarda1500

whore-keeper1530

mutton-monger1532

smell-smock?1545

stallion1553

woman-louper1568

limb-lifter1579

Lusty Laurence1582

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wencher1593

womanist1608

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sheep-biter1611

stringer1613

fleshmongera1616

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woman dangler1850

masher1872

chippy chaser1887

chaser1894

stud1895

molrower1896

skirt-chaser1942

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 You lustye iuuentus In yeers and carcasse prime.

1594 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) II. 309 A ballad intituled Lustye Lawrence.

1594 R. Barnfield Helen's Rape in Affect. Shepheard sig. Giiij^v Old lad, and bold lad, such a Boy, such a lustie Iuuentus.

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 72 When strong backt Hercules..Rob'd fifty wenches of virginity. Farre more then lusty Laurence.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iv. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hh4^v/2 Lusty Laurence, See what a Gentlewoman you have saluted.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnnnn2^v/1 Well lusty Laurence, were but my night now, Old as I am, I would make you clap on Spurs, But I would reach you.

a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) v. i. 30 Hee'le prove a lustie Larrence.

c. With reference to vegetable growth. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump

strongOE

thriftyc1440

well-brawneda1450

valiant1542

pubble1566

stout1573

corroborate1581

bunting1584

lusty1600

plump1600

vegetous1610

blought1611

boisterous1622

stocky1622

robust1627

steera1642

vegete1655

jollya1661

vigorous1706

well-to-do1852

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. viii. 434 In the spring and March when the trees are in flower and beginne to grow lustie.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 128 Thus you will have lusty slips.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 28 The Plume,..growing so lusty, as to mount up without them [sc. the lobes].

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 53 Great happiness Grew, like a lusty flower in June's caress.

†d. Of soil: Fertile, prolific. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich

goodOE

fruitfula1300

gladc1420

unlean?1440

richa1522

batwell1534

battle?1542

luxuriant?c1550

yielding1556

gleby1566

yieldable1577

hearty1580

yieldy1598

liking1600

well-natured1600

lusty1601

growthsome1610

thankful1610

pregnant1615

in heart1626

grateful1832

fatty1855

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 6 Pregnant natures, are like lustie groundes, these manured by industry, prooue soundly fertile.

†6. Insolent, arrogant, self-confident. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective]

wlonkOE

moodyOE

rankOE

surquidous1377

insolentc1386

wantona1393

arrogantc1405

angardc1425

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controlling1564

lustya1568

cocking1568

superbous1581

bog1592

swaggering1596

superarrogant1598

arrogating1601

pyrgopolinizing1605

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outbearing1607

high-horsed1613

dictatory1639

bardish1641

self-assuming1647

superbient1647

huffy1680

dictatorial1692

huffish1755

cobby1785

high-riding1831

braggadocious1853

snouty1858

you-be-damned1887

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v To thinke well of him selfe, to be lustie in contemning of others.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 5 Purposing..to show a lusti contempt of so silli a frend.

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 46 The great emperor of Turkes..is lately become,..somewhat cranker and lustier, than his accustomed maner was.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxxvi. 242 The Coloners onely of Velitre, upon so long rest and quietnesse began to be lustie and wax wanton [L. gestientes otio].

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 43 When they found it fit to make any lusty Declaration against the Parliament,..they allways inserted somewhat that might look like candour and tenderness towards the King's Party.

†7.

a. Of inanimate agencies (e.g. a fire, wine, poison, a disease): Strong, powerful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly > producing great effect

strongeOE

violenta1393

lusty1576

powerful1588

home-thrusting1604

potent1609

home-thrust1738

telling1819

1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 228 The husbandmen sat warming their shanckes by a lustie fire that filled the chimney.

1619 M. Drayton Legend Pierce Gaueston in Poems (new ed.) 353 Many a low Ebbe, many a lustie Tide.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm^v/2 Strong lusty London beer.

1647 Prol. to Fletcher & Massinger's Custome of Countrey in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. Dd/1 They..dranke lusty wine. The nectar of the Muses.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 224 It was strong and lusty Poison.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health (1697) xvi. 380 The close Rooms, lusty Fires, drawn Curtains, and other torturing Circumstances.

1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §29 Distempers..which, by too forward applications, might have been made lusty diseases.

†b. Of a ship: Sailing well. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > steady or sailing or handling well

steady1626

fresh1659

lusty1660

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 335 In an houre we cast more over-board then was laded in a day; and..immediately we perceiv'd the Vessell to be more lusty.

1667 London Gaz. No. 155/4 The Paradox..had a sharp dispute with a lusty privateer, who got from him.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 19 The Chase is a lusty brave Ship.

8. Of actions (esp. those involving physical effort, as a blow, a shout): Vigorous. Of a meal, etc.: ‘Hearty’, abundant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals

substantial1340

simplea1387

dry1483

of substance?c1500

large1528

hearty?1550

abstemious1604

scrambling1607

running1618

lusty1672

sit-down1789

well-served1796

à la carte1816

slap-up1823

quaresimal1828

scratch1851

square1868

scrambly1900

set1914

handout1915

all-you-can-eat1940

spready1960

carbo-load1986

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]

loud971

stithc1000

strongOE

greata1375

stiff1377

wrastc1400

boistousc1430

stourc1440

big1549

routing1567

thundering?1576

full-mouthed1594

thunderous1606

tonitruous1606

thundery1608

trump-like1609

full-mouth1624

voluminousa1635

rousing1640

altisonous1661

lusty1672

tonitrual1693

rending1719

trumpet-like1814

foudroyant1840

clarion1842

trumpeting1850

trumpet-toned1851

loudish1860

tonitruant1861

tonant1891

thunderful1898

high1923

wham-bam1960

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour

mainc1400

vigorous1524

tooth and naila1535

robust1652

robustic1652

strenuous1671

lusty1672

vigorous1697

1672 Chaucer's Ghoast 14 He..beheld the lusty Love which each of them to other made.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) vi. 122 A word drawn from the lusty shout of Souldiers.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 266. ⁋2 He drunk a lusty Draught.

1779 S. Johnson Let. 25 Oct. (1992) III. 198 I hope Mr. Thrale..once a day makes a lusty dinner.

1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 271 The Turk..gave him two or three lusty kicks on the seat of honour.

1840 W. M. Thackeray King of Yvetot And every day it came to pass That four lusty meals made he.

1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xi. 177 She gave her a maternal welcome..bestowing lusty blows on her back.

1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xiv. 175 There was some lusty disputation.

†9.

a. Massive, substantial, large. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid

greateOE

stour?a1300

fata1325

mightyc1375

sternc1394

stiffc1400

massivec1425

mastiff1495

gross1516

massy1548

robustious1548

mountainousa1616

monumental1632

mountain1633

lusty1640

beamy1697

material1736

Himalayan1878

wodgy1907

monolith1922

1640 Lanc. Lovers in Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 37 We will haue a lustie Cheese-cake at our sheepe-wash.

1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 196 The Arsenal has sufficient to arm 70,000 men,..with divers lusty pieces of ordnance.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxxvi. 432 Provided alwayes, it be not to hinder themselves from enjoying a lusty Benefice.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 127 If ten or twenty of the lustiest Noblemens Estates of England were cleverly sliced among the Indigent.

1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers i. i. 2 A bottle of Spirit of Clary, and a lusty Glass.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xv. 133 Four boys and a little girl sat at a side table where..a lusty loaf was laid under contribution.

b. ? Important, striking.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1788 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Strafford 17 June (1846) VI. 292 To have Constantinople taken, merely as a lusty event.

10. Of persons: Massively built. Hence, corpulent, stout, fat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump

fatc893

frimOE

fullOE

overfatOE

greatOE

bald1297

roundc1300

encorsivea1340

fattishc1369

fleshyc1369

fleshlyc1374

repletea1398

largec1405

corsious1430

corpulentc1440

corsyc1440

fulsome1447

portlyc1487

corporate1509

foggy fata1529

corsive1530

foggish?1537

plump1545

fatty1552

fleshful1552

pubble1566

plum1570

pursy1576

well-fleshed1576

gross?1577

fog1582

forfatted1586

gulchy1598

bouksome1600

fat-fed1607

meatified1607

chuff1609

plumpya1616

bloat1638

blowze-like1647

obese1651

jollya1661

bloated1664

chubbed1674

pluffya1689

puffya1689

pussy1688

sappy1694

crummy1718

chubby1722

fodgel1724

well-padded1737

beefy1743

plumpish1753

pudsy1754

rotund1762

portable1770

lusty1777

roundabout1787

well-cushioned1802

plenitudinous1803

stout1804

embonpointc1806

roly-poly1808

adipose1810

roll-about1815

foggy1817

poddy1823

porky1828

hide-blown1834

tubby1835

stoutish1836

tubbish1836

superfatted1841

pottle-bodied1842

pincushiony1851

opulent1882

well-covered1884

well-upholstered1886

butterball1888

endomorphic1888

tisty-tosty1888

pachyntic1890

barrel-bodied1894

overweight1899

pussy-gutted1906

upholstered1924

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad

massya1382

stout1390

burlyc1400

corporalc1475

massive1485

poisy1538

big-made1566

chopping1566

grossa1578

large-bodied1577

weighty1581

burly-boned1590

mastya1593

lumbering1593

giantisha1635

gigantic1651

mastiff1668

large-made1725

lusty1777

bowerly1794

squelching1854

beef to the heel(s)1867

hefty1867

1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. 30 Mar. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 827 One of these men was lusty and well made but not very tall.

1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life IV. 5 That lady, playing the character of Arpasia..being very lusty, the scene men found great difficulty to lift the chair into which she had thrown herself.

1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 209 Quite a grand looking man, though not lusty, but rather thinnish.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 61 Being a robust and lusty man, he..found it impossible to get through between the bars.

1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 180 I came upon a gang of lusty women, as the phrase is here for women in the family-way.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Lusty,..2. Obese; fat.

Compounds

(Parasynthetic.)

lusty-handed adj.

ΚΠ

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 156 The..heaps Of apples, which the lusty-handed year,..o'er the blushing orchard shakes.

† lusty-hued adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

c1400 Rom. Rose 3014 So lusty hewed of colour.

lusty-limbed adj.

ΚΠ

1897 B. Pullen-Burry Blotted Out 17 Red-nosed lusty-limbed swains.

lusty-lunged adj.

ΚΠ

1895 ‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife (ed. 11) 87 Instruments..blown by other equally lusty-lunged boys.

Derivatives

† ˈlusty n. Nautical Obsolete = hearty n. 2.

ΚΠ

1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 375 Now then, my lusties, for a lug at the bowlines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lusty
释义	lustyadj. Brit. /ˈlʌsti/, U.S. /ˈləsti/ Forms: Also Middle English lusti, 1500s losty, 1500s–1600s lustie. Etymology: < lust n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle High German lustic (modern German lustig), Old Norse lostig-r. †1. a. Of persons and their attributes: Joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > of disposition, mind, or heart gladc897 blithe971 lustya1225 joyousc1305 gladsomec1410 a1225 Leg. Kath. 1693 Alle pleiende somet, alle lahinde somet, eauer iliche lusti. 14.. Epiphany in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 109 With lusty hart and glad chere and myld of face. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 655 And from his courser, with a lusty herte, In to a groue ful hastily he sterte. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. ++iiii^v The lawe requireth a fre, a willinge, a lusty and a louynge hearte. 1552 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany 16 The one so lusty with good luck that he had no lust to leave, and the other so chafed with losing that he still would venture. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F8 The gentlemen..keepe sumptuous houses, lusty ports, and great hospitalitie. a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn4/2 My most noble Princes, no discontents, but all be lustie, He that frownes this day is an open enemie. b. Of singing, music, festivities: Merry, cheerful. Now archaic and dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of singing or festivities lusty1430 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Prol. (1554) 35 Their..lustie freshe singing. c1450 ( Nightingale (Calig.) l. 37 in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 3 Sche..all the someres nyght Ne seseth not with mony a lusty note. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evij^v Let vs some lusty balet syng. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos vi. A The lusty chere [1611 banquet] of the wylfull shall come to an ende. 1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxviii. sig. B6 With loftie turnes and capriols in the ayre, Which with the lustie tunes accordeth fayre. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm2/1 Well met sir, you are for this lusty wedding. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord* 2nd Ser. I. 108 The lusty banquetting, with sweet-meats and comfits. 1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 262 Hark! a lusty horn is sounded. 1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man xxvii. 183 Never once did we speak of wars and stratagems..but all of friendship, of lusty daffing, and of leasome love. †2. Pleasing, pleasant. Obsolete. †a. Pleasing in appearance; beautiful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adjective] smickerc725 faireOE lieflyOE sheenOE wenlichc1000 wlitic1000 lovesomec1175 lustya1240 flourisheda1375 lovelya1400 weenc1400 beauteous1435 beautifulc1443 finec1450 pulchriousa1500 speciousa1513 shanda1525 speciosea1525 pulchrousc1540 bonny1580 beauty1598 lovelike1621 killing1634 florid1642 beautied1830 stunning1849 fairsome1862 pulchritudinous1877 beaut1894 loverly1907 a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 269 Þi leor is swa unimete lufsum and lusti on to loken. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 35 Now be the lusti somer floures, Now be the stormy wynter shoures. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi The medowes..Tapited bene with diuers floures newe, Of sundry motlees lusty for to sene. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. ix. 86 Lavynia..That doun for schame did cast hyr lusty eyn [L. decoros]. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Gen. iii. f. iiij The woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 9, in 2nd Pt. Herball Hillockes whych are pleasant and lusty to loke unto. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xvii. 63 Quhen throu hir garments, heir and thair, Appeirit hir lustie limis square. †b. Of dress: Handsome, gay. Of persons: Gaily dressed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > showily or fancily dressed gaya1387 fresha1393 jollyc1405 lustyc1412 prankedc1550 well-attireda1569 prank1575 conceited1579 dressed1641 gaily dressed1730 bedressed1863 tricked1869 done-up1911 dolled1917 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 486 Who now moost may bere on his bak at ones Of cloth and furrour, hath a fressch renoun; He is ‘a lusty man’ clept for þe nones. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 185 Ane hundreth ladyes, lusty in to wedis, Als fresch as flouris that in May vp spredis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 318/1 Lusty or fresshe in apparayle, frisque. a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 134 Ye shall prove their lustie Lyveryes to be bought with excedinge great Excesse. 1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris i. iii. sig. Aiij^v Her lustie mantle wauing in the winde. ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. B1 Euery Shepheards boy, Puts on his lusty greene. 1619 M. Drayton In Peake in Poems 297 Long since the Summer layd Her lustie Brau'rie downe. †c. Of seasons, places, etc.: Pleasant, delightful. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 736 And with him, in that lusty place, So fair folk and so fresh hadde he. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 44 Ful lusty was the weder and benigne. c1430 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (E.E.T.S.) 4807 In that fressh[e] lusty place Hem to disporte and solace. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxxix. [lxxv.] 236 It was in the ioly lusty moneth of Aprell. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A4^v That I may coniure in some lustie groue. ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. B1^v Since the lusty spring began. †d. Pleasant to the taste. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective] likingeOE goodOE lickerousc1275 deliciousa1325 daintya1382 dainteousc1386 daintiful1393 delicatea1398 merrya1398 savourlyc1400 liciousc1420 savourousa1425 daintethc1430 lustyc1430 feelsomea1450 nuttya1450 seasonablea1475 delicativec1475 unctuous1495 well-tasteda1500 daintive1526 savoury1533 exquisite1561 spicy1562 well-relished?1575 finger-licking1584 toothsome1584 taste-pleasinga1586 daint1590 relishsome1593 lickerish1595 tastesome1598 friand1599 tooth-tempting1603 relishing1605 well-relishing1608 neat1609 hungry1611 palate-pleasing1611 tasteful1611 palatea1617 tastya1617 palatable1619 toothful1622 sipid1623 unsoured1626 famelic1631 tasteablea1641 piquant1645 sapid1646 saporousa1670 slape1671 palativea1682 flavorous1697 nice1709 well-flavoured1717 gusty1721 flavoury1727 fine-palated1735 unrepulsive1787 degustatory1824 zesty1826 peckish1845 mouth-watering1847 flavoursome1853 unreasty1853 unrancida1855 relishy1864 toothy1864 flavoured1867 tasty-looking1867 hungrifying1886 velvety1888 snappy1892 zippy1911 savoursome1922 delish1953 c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight 29 Till firy Tytan..Had dried up the lusty lycour nywe, Upon the herbes in the grene mede. a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1436 Also ȝef þou synned hast In mete or drynke by lusty tast. †e. Of language, eloquence, etc.: Pleasing, agreeable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [adjective] > pleasing gentc1390 softc1390 lusty1399 1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 372 That it be lore lawefulle, and lusty to here. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 255 Into this eende..thei vsiden certein colouris of rethorik, that with hem her spechis schulde be the more lusti. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. x. sig. c.viii All the audyence Reioysed to here, her lusty eloquence. 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Yong scolers..whan they haue delectably lycked a lytell of the lycorous electuary of lusty lerning. †3. Full of desire, desirous. Const. to, for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirous willesfula1250 desirousc1300 wilful1340 desiringc1386 desireda1400 talentivec1400 willinga1425 lusty1493 desiranta1500 desireful?1520 fond1551 lusting1559 desirable1759 1493 Festivall (1515) 96 Than George bad y^e kynge..be lusty to goddes servyce. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10598 Sum lordes to lenge lusty þai were. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 124^v These thynges are written for our sake, to make vs lustie to folowe oure vocation. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 97 Lusty for labour. †4. Full of lust or sexual desire; lustful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 41 Fy stynkyng swyn fy, foule moot thee falle,..A taketh heede sires, of this lusty man. 1483 Cath. Angl. 224/2 Lusty,..libidinosus. ?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. xxix^v It is better to kepe the hors from the mares,..for..he shall be more lusty, & the moo hors coltes shall he gete. 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 75 He went..when he was lustie, to his wief, and vsid her companye in bed. ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse iv. sig. G3 Prouoking thoughts, that stirr vpp lusty fiers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rechauffer vn chien, to make him lustie, or desirous of the bitch. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 While their Youth is fill'd with kindly Fire, Submit thy Females to the lusty Sire. View more context for this quotation 5. Full of healthy vigour. a. Of persons and animals: Healthy, strong, vigorous. Also of a period of life: Characterized by vigour. Now somewhat archaic in literary use; common in dialects. †In early use often: Valiant, courageous, active (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc. strongeOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 stalworthyc1300 vigorousc1330 stoura1350 lustyc1374 marrowya1382 sturdyc1386 crank1398 robust1490 vigorious1502 stalwart1508 hardy1548 robustious1548 of force1577 rustical1583 marrowed1612 rustic1620 robustic1652 solid1741 refractory1843 salted1864 resistant1876 saulteda1879 c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 85 This..knyght..Was yong and there with all a lusty knyght. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 80 With hym ther was his sone a yong Squier A louyere, and a lusty Bacheler. 1486 Bk. St. Albans b vj b That hawke was neuer so lusty nor so Joly before. 1521 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 281 I mett his Holynes, and my thought I never sawe hym mor losty. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xvii. D A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull minde [mīde in text] dryeth vp y^e bones. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128 For milcking, or for feeding, it is best alwayes to chose such as are young, of lusty age. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 66 I take my leaue of you..Not sicke..But lusty, yong and cheerely drawing breth. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 15 All idle, lustie, and wandring beggars, who ought not to eate. a1665 K. Digby Closet Opened (1669) 27 Cause a lusty Servant (his Arms well washed) to mix the honey and water together. 1709 A. Pope Chaucer's January & May in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 185 Old as I am, my lusty Limbs appear Like Winter Greens, that flourish all the Year. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 175 A bark with lusty rowers well supplied. 1824 Ld. Byron Deformed Transformed i. i Though my brothers are So beautiful and lusty. 1876 W. Black Madcap Violet vii. 65 But what pathos was there possible to those stalwart young fellows with their lusty throats, their tobacco, and beer and wine? 1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/9 10..steers, in lusty condition. in extended use.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. iv. 31 Make lusty the mynde of a Christian souldier.a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 18 Truth is the natural food of our soul..doth render it lusty, plump and active.1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 33 (note) They were..the natural guides of the lusty young democracy.1880 N. Smyth Old Faiths in New Light (1882) i. 19 Much even of our most positive and lusty science is still only in its infancy. †b. Phrases. Lusty Laurence (cf. laurence n.¹): ‘a good wencher’ (Nares). Lusty Juventus: the title of a morality play produced c1550; often used allusively in 16th cent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual potency or vigour ability?1473 Lusty Juventus1582 virility1598 mettle1612 manhood1640 potency1739 potence1875 lead in one's pencil1941 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who horlinga1200 holourc1230 whore-mana1325 putourc1390 putroura1425 whoremastera1425 whoremonger?a1472 putyer1477 whoredomerc1485 holarda1500 whore-keeper1530 mutton-monger1532 smell-smock?1545 stallion1553 woman-louper1568 limb-lifter1579 Lusty Laurence1582 punker1582 wencher1593 womanist1608 belly-bumper1611 sheep-biter1611 stringer1613 fleshmongera1616 hunt-smock1624 whorer1624 womanizer1626 woman errant1628 mongera1637 linen-lifter1652 whorster1654 whorehopper1664 cousin1694 smocker1708 mutton-master1729 woman dangler1850 masher1872 chippy chaser1887 chaser1894 stud1895 molrower1896 skirt-chaser1942 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 39 You lustye iuuentus In yeers and carcasse prime. 1594 in E. Arber Transcript Reg. Company of Stationers 1554–1640 (1875) II. 309 A ballad intituled Lustye Lawrence. 1594 R. Barnfield Helen's Rape in Affect. Shepheard sig. Giiij^v Old lad, and bold lad, such a Boy, such a lustie Iuuentus. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 72 When strong backt Hercules..Rob'd fifty wenches of virginity. Farre more then lusty Laurence. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iv. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hh4^v/2 Lusty Laurence, See what a Gentlewoman you have saluted. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnnnn2^v/1 Well lusty Laurence, were but my night now, Old as I am, I would make you clap on Spurs, But I would reach you. a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) v. i. 30 Hee'le prove a lustie Larrence. c. With reference to vegetable growth. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. viii. 434 In the spring and March when the trees are in flower and beginne to grow lustie. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 128 Thus you will have lusty slips. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 28 The Plume,..growing so lusty, as to mount up without them [sc. the lobes]. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 53 Great happiness Grew, like a lusty flower in June's caress. †d. Of soil: Fertile, prolific. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich goodOE fruitfula1300 gladc1420 unlean?1440 richa1522 batwell1534 battle?1542 luxuriant?c1550 yielding1556 gleby1566 yieldable1577 hearty1580 yieldy1598 liking1600 well-natured1600 lusty1601 growthsome1610 thankful1610 pregnant1615 in heart1626 grateful1832 fatty1855 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 6 Pregnant natures, are like lustie groundes, these manured by industry, prooue soundly fertile. †6. Insolent, arrogant, self-confident. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective] wlonkOE moodyOE rankOE surquidous1377 insolentc1386 wantona1393 arrogantc1405 angardc1425 surquidrousc1430 stately1448 imperiala1456 superbious1509 succudrous1513 surquidant1528 ruffling1543 controlling1564 lustya1568 cocking1568 superbous1581 bog1592 swaggering1596 superarrogant1598 arrogating1601 pyrgopolinizing1605 high-handed1606 outbearing1607 high-horsed1613 dictatory1639 bardish1641 self-assuming1647 superbient1647 huffy1680 dictatorial1692 huffish1755 cobby1785 high-riding1831 braggadocious1853 snouty1858 you-be-damned1887 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14^v To thinke well of him selfe, to be lustie in contemning of others. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 5 Purposing..to show a lusti contempt of so silli a frend. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 46 The great emperor of Turkes..is lately become,..somewhat cranker and lustier, than his accustomed maner was. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxxvi. 242 The Coloners onely of Velitre, upon so long rest and quietnesse began to be lustie and wax wanton [L. gestientes otio]. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 43 When they found it fit to make any lusty Declaration against the Parliament,..they allways inserted somewhat that might look like candour and tenderness towards the King's Party. †7. a. Of inanimate agencies (e.g. a fire, wine, poison, a disease): Strong, powerful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly > producing great effect strongeOE violenta1393 lusty1576 powerful1588 home-thrusting1604 potent1609 home-thrust1738 telling1819 1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 228 The husbandmen sat warming their shanckes by a lustie fire that filled the chimney. 1619 M. Drayton Legend Pierce Gaueston in Poems (new ed.) 353 Many a low Ebbe, many a lustie Tide. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm^v/2 Strong lusty London beer. 1647 Prol. to Fletcher & Massinger's Custome of Countrey in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. Dd/1 They..dranke lusty wine. The nectar of the Muses. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 224 It was strong and lusty Poison. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health (1697) xvi. 380 The close Rooms, lusty Fires, drawn Curtains, and other torturing Circumstances. 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §29 Distempers..which, by too forward applications, might have been made lusty diseases. †b. Of a ship: Sailing well. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > steady or sailing or handling well steady1626 fresh1659 lusty1660 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 335 In an houre we cast more over-board then was laded in a day; and..immediately we perceiv'd the Vessell to be more lusty. 1667 London Gaz. No. 155/4 The Paradox..had a sharp dispute with a lusty privateer, who got from him. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 19 The Chase is a lusty brave Ship. 8. Of actions (esp. those involving physical effort, as a blow, a shout): Vigorous. Of a meal, etc.: ‘Hearty’, abundant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [adjective] > qualities of meals substantial1340 simplea1387 dry1483 of substance?c1500 large1528 hearty?1550 abstemious1604 scrambling1607 running1618 lusty1672 sit-down1789 well-served1796 à la carte1816 slap-up1823 quaresimal1828 scratch1851 square1868 scrambly1900 set1914 handout1915 all-you-can-eat1940 spready1960 carbo-load1986 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] loud971 stithc1000 strongOE greata1375 stiff1377 wrastc1400 boistousc1430 stourc1440 big1549 routing1567 thundering?1576 full-mouthed1594 thunderous1606 tonitruous1606 thundery1608 trump-like1609 full-mouth1624 voluminousa1635 rousing1640 altisonous1661 lusty1672 tonitrual1693 rending1719 trumpet-like1814 foudroyant1840 clarion1842 trumpeting1850 trumpet-toned1851 loudish1860 tonitruant1861 tonant1891 thunderful1898 high1923 wham-bam1960 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour mainc1400 vigorous1524 tooth and naila1535 robust1652 robustic1652 strenuous1671 lusty1672 vigorous1697 1672 Chaucer's Ghoast 14 He..beheld the lusty Love which each of them to other made. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) vi. 122 A word drawn from the lusty shout of Souldiers. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 266. ⁋2 He drunk a lusty Draught. 1779 S. Johnson Let. 25 Oct. (1992) III. 198 I hope Mr. Thrale..once a day makes a lusty dinner. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 271 The Turk..gave him two or three lusty kicks on the seat of honour. 1840 W. M. Thackeray King of Yvetot And every day it came to pass That four lusty meals made he. 1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) xi. 177 She gave her a maternal welcome..bestowing lusty blows on her back. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xiv. 175 There was some lusty disputation. †9. a. Massive, substantial, large. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid greateOE stour?a1300 fata1325 mightyc1375 sternc1394 stiffc1400 massivec1425 mastiff1495 gross1516 massy1548 robustious1548 mountainousa1616 monumental1632 mountain1633 lusty1640 beamy1697 material1736 Himalayan1878 wodgy1907 monolith1922 1640 Lanc. Lovers in Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 37 We will haue a lustie Cheese-cake at our sheepe-wash. 1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 196 The Arsenal has sufficient to arm 70,000 men,..with divers lusty pieces of ordnance. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxxvi. 432 Provided alwayes, it be not to hinder themselves from enjoying a lusty Benefice. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 127 If ten or twenty of the lustiest Noblemens Estates of England were cleverly sliced among the Indigent. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers i. i. 2 A bottle of Spirit of Clary, and a lusty Glass. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xv. 133 Four boys and a little girl sat at a side table where..a lusty loaf was laid under contribution. b. ? Important, striking.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1788 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Strafford 17 June (1846) VI. 292 To have Constantinople taken, merely as a lusty event. 10. Of persons: Massively built. Hence, corpulent, stout, fat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and broad massya1382 stout1390 burlyc1400 corporalc1475 massive1485 poisy1538 big-made1566 chopping1566 grossa1578 large-bodied1577 weighty1581 burly-boned1590 mastya1593 lumbering1593 giantisha1635 gigantic1651 mastiff1668 large-made1725 lusty1777 bowerly1794 squelching1854 beef to the heel(s)1867 hefty1867 1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. 30 Mar. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 827 One of these men was lusty and well made but not very tall. 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life IV. 5 That lady, playing the character of Arpasia..being very lusty, the scene men found great difficulty to lift the chair into which she had thrown herself. 1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 209 Quite a grand looking man, though not lusty, but rather thinnish. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 61 Being a robust and lusty man, he..found it impossible to get through between the bars. 1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 180 I came upon a gang of lusty women, as the phrase is here for women in the family-way. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Lusty,..2. Obese; fat. Compounds (Parasynthetic.) lusty-handed adj. ΚΠ 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 156 The..heaps Of apples, which the lusty-handed year,..o'er the blushing orchard shakes. † lusty-hued adj. Obsolete ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 3014 So lusty hewed of colour. lusty-limbed adj. ΚΠ 1897 B. Pullen-Burry Blotted Out 17 Red-nosed lusty-limbed swains. lusty-lunged adj. ΚΠ 1895 ‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife (ed. 11) 87 Instruments..blown by other equally lusty-lunged boys. Derivatives † ˈlusty n. Nautical Obsolete = hearty n. 2. ΚΠ 1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 375 Now then, my lusties, for a lug at the bowlines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1225
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