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lustie

lustie is the obsolete spelling of lusty.

Meaning of lusty

Adjective

lusty (comparative lustier, superlative lustiest)

  1. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
    • How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
  3. (informal, obsolete) Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.
    • Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 2
  4. (obsolete) Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
    • So louedſt thou the luſty Hyacinct,
      So louedſt thou the faire Coronis deare: […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 570
  5. (obsolete) Of large size; big.
    • And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks: […]c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    1. (obsolete, rare) With child.

Forms of lustie

comparativemore lustie
superlativemost lustie

Questions about lustie

What is lustie the obsolete spelling of?
Lustie is the obsolete spelling of lusty.

Words near lustie in the dictionary

  1. lustfull
  2. lustfully
  3. lustfulness
  4. lustfulnesses
  5. lustic
  6. lustie
  7. lustier
  8. lustiest
  9. Lustig
  10. Lustigs
  11. lustihead

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