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lustier

lustier is the comparative form 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.

Questions about lustier

What is lustier the comparative form of?
Lustier is the comparative form of lusty.

Words near lustier in the dictionary

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

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