lust
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[edit] English
[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
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lust (uncountable)
- (archaic) a general want or longing not necessarily sexual or devious.
- I lust to go home.
- Strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- Upon seeing her, I was filled with lust
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strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
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[edit] Verb
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to lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)
- To very strongly desire.
- To want to have sexual intercourse with.
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[edit] Dutch
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lust (plural lusten, diminutive lustje)
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lust
- First, Second and Third person singular present tense of lusten.
[edit] Old English
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lust m.

