lust

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lʌst/, IPA: /lʊst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

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Noun

lust (uncountable)

1. A feeling of 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.

Derived terms

• lustful
• lustihood
• lustily
• lustiness
• lustless
• lusty

Translations

strong desire, especially of a sexual nature

Arabic: رغبة (ar) (raghba) f., شهوة (ar) (shahwa) f. Catalan: luxúria (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 情欲 (cmn) (qíngyù), 淫欲 (cmn) (yínyù) Czech: chtíč (cs) m. Danish: begær (da) n., lyst (da) c., liderlighed (da) c. Dutch: (zinnelijke) begeerte, lust, wellust Finnish: himo (fi) French: luxure (fr) f. German: Wollust (de) f., Lust (de) f. Greek: λαγνεία (el) (lagneía) f. Irish: collaíocht (ga) f. Italian: libido (it), libidine (it), lussuria (it) f.

Japanese: 色欲 (ja) (しきよく, shikiyoku), 淫欲 (ja) (いんよく, in'yoku), 情欲 (ja) (じょうよく, jōyoku) Polish: żądza f., pożądanie n. Portuguese: luxúria (pt) Romanian: luxură (ro) f., desfrânare (ro) f., concupiscență (ro) f. Russian: похоть (ru) (póxot') f., похотливость (ru) (poxotlívost') f., вожделение (ru) (voždelénije) n., желание (ru) (želánije) n., страсть (ru) (strast') f. Scottish Gaelic: miann (gd) m. and f., ana-miann (gd) m. and f. Serbian: pohota (sr) f. Slovene: strast (sl) f. Spanish: lujuria (es) Swedish: begär (sv) n., lust (sv) c., åtrå (sv) c. Turkish: tutku (tr), ihtiras (tr), arzu (tr) Ukrainian: похіть (uk) (póxit') f.

general want or longing

Catalan: luxúria (ca) f. Dutch: begeerte (nl), lust (nl), verlangen (nl) n. Finnish: ikävöinti (fi), ikävä (fi)

Greek: επιθυμία (el) (epithymía) f. Italian: lussuria (it) f.

delightful cause of joy, pleasure

Catalan: luxúria (ca) f. Dutch: plezier (nl), lust (nl)

Finnish: ilo (fi) Italian: lussuria (it) f.

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Latin: luxuria f. Old English: gál n., gálscipe m. Portuguese: luxúria f. Scottish Gaelic: drùis f., feòlmhorachd f., baois f., baoiseachd f. Spanish: lujuria f. Swedish: lust

Verb

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.

Translations

Strongly desire

Danish: tørste (da) efter, begære (da) Dutch: begeren (nl), lusten (nl), smachten (nl) Finnish: himoita (fi)

Greek: ποθώ Hebrew: חמד (he) (Chamad) m., התאוה (he) (Hit'avah) m., השתוקק (he) (Hishtoqeq) m.

crave sexual contact

Danish: føle (da) begær (da), begære (da) Dutch: begeren (nl), lusten (nl), smachten (nl)

Finnish: himoita (fi)

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French: désirer German: ersüchten

Anagrams

• slut
• UTSL

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏst

Noun

lust c. (plural lusten, diminutive lustje)

1. lust, desire (especially sexual)
2. pleasure, joy

   Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.

   It was a pleasure watching and listening to him.

3. benefit, advantage

Related terms

• lusteloos
• lusthof m.
• lustig
• lustoord n.
• lustpriëel n.
• lusttuin
• wellust

Verb

lust

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of lusten.
2. imperative of lusten.

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Old English

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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Noun

lust c.

1. (uncountable) lust (a mood of desire), joy, a keen interest

   jag har ingen lust att läsa idag

   I don't feel like reading today

2. a desire (for something specific)

Declension

Declension of lust

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lust	lusten	lustar	lustarna
genitive	lusts	lustens	lustars	lustarnas

Related terms

• förlusta
• förlustelse
• läslust
• lusta
• lustgas
• lusthus
• lustig
• lustjakt
• lustresa
• lustspel
• lysten
• lystnad
• söklust