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lustsome

lustsome adjective: marked or characterised by lust; given to lust; sensual; lustful.

Adjective

lustsome (comparative more lustsome, superlative most lustsome)

  1. Marked or characterised by lust; given to lust; sensual; lustful
    • And, of course, many a Viking child would be conceived in the bed furs by Viking men and women who were bored and lustsome.2012, Sandra Hill, Santa Viking
    • We'd got a feverish hornyin' for each other, see, an' in that druggy skylarkin' aft'noon I was slurpyin' her lustsome mangoes an' moistly fig an' the true is I din't want to go nowhere else, an' Roses din't gather many palila leafs that day neither, nay.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of lustsome

comparativemore lustsome
superlativemost lustsome

Origin of lustsome

From Middle English lustsum, from Old English *lustsum (attested only in Old English lustsumlīċ (“pleasant, delectable”)), from Proto-Germanic *lustusamaz (“delightful, desirous”), equivalent to lust + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lustsām (“friendly, lovely”), obsolete Dutch lustzaam (“pleasant, beautiful, charming”), obsolete German lustsam (“pleasing, graceful”).

Questions about lustsome

What does lustsome mean?
Lustsome means marked or characterised by lust; given to lust; sensual; lustful.
What part of speech is lustsome?
Lustsome is an adjective.

Words near lustsome in the dictionary

  1. lustrousness
  2. lustrum
  3. lustrums
  4. lusts
  5. lusts after
  6. lustsome
  7. lustuous
  8. lustwort
  9. lustworthy
  10. lusty
  11. lusupultide

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