lust

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[edit] English

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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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[edit] Noun

Singular
lust

Plural
uncountable

lust (uncountable)

  1. Strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
    Upon seeing Kim, I was filled with lust
  2. (archaic) A general want or longing not necessarily sexual or devious.
    The boarders hide their lust to go home.
  3. (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure
    An ideal son is his father's lasting lust

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[edit] Translations

strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
general want or longing
delightful cause of joy, pleasure
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to lust

Third person singular
lusts

Simple past
lusted

Past participle
lusted

Present participle
lusting

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

  1. (intransitive) To very strongly desire.
  2. To crave sexual contact urgently.

[edit] Translations

Strongly desire
crave sexual contact
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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

lust (plural lusten, diminutive lustje, diminutive plural lustjes)

  1. A desire; especially sensual lust
  2. A pleasure, joy
  3. A benefit, fruit, advantage

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[edit] Verb

lust

  1. Imperative form and first, second and third person singular present tense of lusten (all senses).

[edit] Old English

[edit] Noun

lust m.

  1. desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
    Him wæs metes micel lust: he had a craving for food. (Ælfric's Homilies)
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