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lustless

lustless adjective: without sexual lust.

Adjective

lustless (comparative more lustless, superlative most lustless)

  1. Without sexual lust.
    • By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher,
      And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare,
      He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch,
      And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • But then, Bergler also claims that there are no genuinely ambi-erotic individuals, only "homosexuals who may be capable of lustless mechanical sex...1964, J Z Eglinton, Paul Goodman, Greek Love
  2. (obsolete) Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless.
    • Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can,
      So lustlesse bene they, so weake so wan,1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Forms of lustless

comparativemore lustless
superlativemost lustless

Origin of lustless

From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless.

Words formed from lustless

Questions about lustless

What does lustless mean?
Lustless means without sexual lust.
What part of speech is lustless?
Lustless is an adjective.

Words near lustless in the dictionary

  1. lusting after
  2. lustingly
  3. lustings
  4. lustious
  5. Lustleigh
  6. lustless
  7. lustlessly
  8. lustlessness
  9. lustmaking
  10. Luston
  11. lustra

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