lust
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lust, from 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 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Confer list (“to please”), listless.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lust (countable and uncountable, plural lusts)
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.
- (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- The boarders hide their lust to go home.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book V, canto VI, stanza 21:
- For little lust had she to talk of ought.
- 1608, Joseph Hall, “Epistle I. To Sr. Robert Darcy. The Estate of a True, but Weake Christian.”, in Epistles […], volume I, London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Samuel Macham & E[leazar] Edgar […], OCLC 55184576, 2nd decade, page 108:
- [T]he vvorld thruſts it ſelfe betvvixt me and heauen; and, by his darke and indigeſted parts, eclipſeth that light vvhich ſhined to my ſoule. Novv, a ſenſeleſſe dulneſſe ouer-takes mee, and beſots mee; my luſt to deuotion is little, my ioy none at all: Gods face is hid, and I am troubled.
- (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly luſt
Parrot ſayth playnly, ſhall tourne all to duſt
- Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly luſt
- (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- Trees will grow greater, and bear better fruit, if you put salt, or lees of wine, or blood, to the root: the cause may be the increasing the lust or spirit of the root.
Synonyms[edit]
- (strong desire): See also Thesaurus:craving or Thesaurus:lust
- (general want or longing): See also Thesaurus:desire
- (delightful cause of joy): See also Thesaurus:pleasure
- (active power): lustihood, potency, vigour, virility
Derived terms[edit]
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Verb[edit]
lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)
- (intransitive, usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Noun[edit]
lust m (plural lusten, diminutive lustje n)
- lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)
- object of desire
- pleasure, joy
- Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.
- It was a pleasure watching and listening to him.
- Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.
- (usually in the plural) benefit, advantage
- a taste for, strong tendency to
Derived terms[edit]
- bloedlust
- eetlust
- lusteloos
- lusthof
- lustig
- lustobject
- lustmoord
- lustoord
- lustprieel
- lusttuin
- moordlust
- roemlust
- strijdlust
- wellust
Descendants[edit]
- Negerhollands: lyst
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
lust
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of lusten
- imperative of lusten
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German lust. Cognate to German Lust and Finnish lusti
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lust (genitive lusti, partitive lusti)
- pleasure, fun, joy, lust (non-sexual)
- Nad teevad seda niisama lusti pärast.
- They're doing it just for fun.
- Nad teevad seda niisama lusti pärast.
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lust | lustid |
genitive | lusti | lustide |
partitive | lusti | luste / lustisid |
illative | lusti / lustisse | lustidesse / lustesse |
inessive | lustis | lustides / lustes |
elative | lustist | lustidest / lustest |
allative | lustile | lustidele / lustele |
adessive | lustil | lustidel / lustel |
ablative | lustilt | lustidelt / lustelt |
translative | lustiks | lustideks / lusteks |
terminative | lustini | lustideni |
essive | lustina | lustidena |
abessive | lustita | lustideta |
comitative | lustiga | lustidega |
Descendants[edit]
- → Ingrian: lusti (“beautiful, funny”)
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Noun[edit]
lust m or f
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Dutch: lust
Further reading[edit]
- “lust”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lust (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lust m
- desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
- Him wæs metes micel lust ― he had a craving for food. (Ælfric's Homilies)
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst), from Middle Low German lust lüst, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
lust c
- (uncountable) lust (a mood of desire), joy, a keen interest
- jag har ingen lust att läsa idag
- I don't feel like reading today
- a desire (for something specific)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lust | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lust | lusten | lustar | lustarna |
Genitive | lusts | lustens | lustars | lustarnas |
Related terms[edit]
- förlusta
- förlustelse
- läslust
- lusta
- lustgas
- lusthus
- lustig
- lustjakt
- lustresa
- lustspel
- lysten
- lystnad
- söklust
Further reading[edit]
- lust in Svensk ordbok.
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West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
lust c (plural lusten)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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