lust

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms 2.2 Verb 3 Old English 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Old English lust (“‘lust, pleasure, longing’”) < Germanic *lust-; akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, & Swedish lust, Danish lust & Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic lustus, and perhaps to Sanskrit lush "to desire", or to English loose. Confer list (“‘to please’”), listless.

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• IPA: /lʌst/, IPA: /lʊst/

  Rhymes: -ʌst

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lust (uncountable)

1. (archaic) a general want or longing not necessarily sexual or devious.

   I lust to go home.

2. Strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

   Upon seeing her, I was filled with lust

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to lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)

1. To very strongly desire.
2. To want to have sexual intercourse with.

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lust (plural lusten, diminutive lustje)

1. desire; lust
2. benefit, fruit, advantage

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• lustig
• lusteloos
• wellust

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lust

1. First, Second and Third person singular present tense of lusten.

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lust m.

1. desire, pleasure, appetite, lust

   Him wæs metes micel lust: he had a craving for food. (Ælfric's Homilies)