lustinessn.
/ˈlʌstɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈləstinᵻs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]
lustc888
lustfulnessa900
queemnesseOE
mirtheOE
estec1000
winOE
queemc1175
sweetness?c1225
solace1297
dutea1300
lustinga1300
joyingc1300
jollityc1330
lustiheadc1369
lustinessc1374
sweet1377
voluptyc1380
well-pleasinga1382
pleasancec1385
pleasurea1393
volupta1398
easementc1400
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
pleasec1475
satisfaction1477
likancea1500
oblectation1508
beauty1523
aggradation1533
pleasurancec1540
joc1560
likement1577
contentment1587
beloving1589
gratification1598
savouriness1599
entertain1601
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
pleasingness1649
complacency1652
adlubescence1656
enjoyment1665
volupe1669
musica1674
pleasantry1740
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > qualities of
disguisinessc1386
threadbareness1530
lustinessa1547
tricksinessc1550
niceness1559
trickness1600
quaintness1603
fineness1667
overdress1781
fullness1792
succinctness1818
dowdiness1843
dowdyism1859
gauziness1873
floppiness1892
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 128 (177) Beth glad and draweth yow to lustynesse.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xx. 28 Thou myght..euer abyde in ioye and lustynesse.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 235 Delytsum lyllie of everie lustynes.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 6 The sonne hath twyse brought forthe the tender grene, And cladd the yrthe in livelye lustynes.
1568 in J. Kinsley Poems W. Dunbar (1979) 138 Devoyd langour and lef in lustines.
2. Vigour, robustness; †energy, activity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > resistance to disease
lustc950
lustinessc1325
vigourc1386
hardinessc1405
lustihood1600
stamina1726
lustihead1748
hardihood1780
robustfulness1879
refractoriness1887
refractiveness1931
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun]
greennesseOE
lustinessc1325
forcea1375
vigourc1386
virrc1575
vigour1602
nerve1605
vivacity1649
vis1650
actuosity1660
amenity1661
vogue1674
energy1783
smeddum1790
dash1796
throughput1808
feck1811
go1825
steam1826
jism1842
vim1843
animalism1848
fizz1856
jasm1860
verve1863
snap1865
sawdusta1873
élan1880
stingo1885
energeticism1891
sprawl1894
zip1899
pep1908
jazz1912
zoom1926
toe1963
zap1968
stank1997
c1325 Song of Mercy 160 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 123 And lustines his leue haþ take. We loue so slouþe and harlotrie.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1282 And after daunced..Youthe, fulfild of lustinesse.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv i. 58 That other [tree] drye withoute ony maner lustynesse or verdure.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xl. 203 My youth was past, and all my lustynes.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 33 For a Horse..[of] youth, strength, and lustinesse eight Mares are a ful number.
1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 25 For now the Frame no more is girt with strength Masculine, nor in Lustiness of heart, Laughs at the winter storm.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xxvi. 446 He had too much lustiness of mind..to be capable of living on terms of close intelligence with the..statesmen of Berlin.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence
lustinessc1400
lustihead1579
philogenitiveness1815
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]
lustc1000
goleheada1325
luxury1340
luxurec1374
concupiscencec1386
gigletrya1387
nicetya1387
flesh-lusta1400
lovereda1400
sensualities1477
lascivity1490
lubricitya1492
libidinosity1509
luxuriousness1542
veneriousness1547
rammishness1552
luxe1558
ustion1559
lustinessa1575
luxurity1576
lusting1580
by-lusting1583
lasciviousness1590
lusciousness1594
epithymy1600
concupiscency1608
libidinousness1611
lustfulness1611
concupiscentiality1612
rampancy1652
venereousness1659
ustulation1660
lasciviency1664
salaciousness1727
lech1796
lustihood1798
randinessc1890
c1400 Rom. Rose 5118 Whan thou hast..spent thy youthe in ydilnesse, In waste, and woful lustinesse.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 247 Lest the vice of concupiscence and lustiness..should..break forth.
1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Dial. Yron in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 160 The pouders of it [sc. steele] are..good for the Gomorea passio, and for the lustinesse of man.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. x. §5. 111 When the heate of that lust and lustinesse is past, and they be come againe vnto their cold blood.
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