单词 | over-lusty |
释义 | over-lustyadj. Too lusty, excessively lusty (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] lustfulc893 yevereOE covetousa1300 unmeasurablea1398 lustsomea1400 over-lustya1500 coveting1526 kitish1566 inexpleble1569 salt1598 over-desirous1647 voraginousa1652 sitient1656 voragious1665 gluttonous1671 ingorgeous1679 voracious1746 edacious1819 snack1883 desperatea1958 a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 318 in Geibun-Kenkyu (1968) 25 18 (MED) Manye tymes haue I mys-tastid ouer-lusty mete and drinke, and moore take it for lust þan for nede of bodily sustenaunce. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiv. f. 182v In sted of dart a shredding hooke shee bare, With which the ouerlusty boughes shee eft away did pare That spreaded out too farre. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 210 Sometimes also when we bee ouerlustie, God suffereth vs to fall into some sinne. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 195 When a mans ouer lusty at legs, Then he weares wooden neatherstockes. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 18 The confident and ouer-lustie French. View more context for this quotation 1864 C. Mackay Stud. from Antique 6 A youth in prime of over lusty vigour. 1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 26 Aug. 28 All told, the film may be a bit continuously over-lusty. 2001 Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. Errol Flynn..wounded him in the hand with an over-lusty pass of his rapier. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [noun] covetingc1315 covetisec1340 covetousness1486 cupidity1547 grippleness1571 overlustiness1583 over-desire1641 voraginousness1654 gluttony1704 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iii. 13 That fancie of theirs caryeth them into so fond or rather furious ouerlustinesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500 |
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