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lust
English
Etymology
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 ???????????????????????? (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit ??? (la?), ???? (la?ati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Confer list (“to please”), listless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
lust (countable and uncountable, plural lusts)
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- 1608/1611, Joseph Hall, Epistles
- My lust to devotion is little.
- 1608/1611, Joseph Hall, Epistles
- (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly lu?t
Parrot ?ayth playnly, ?hall tourne all to du?t
- Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly lu?t
- c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:
- (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
Synonyms
- (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
Related terms
- wanderlust
Translations
Verb
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.
Translations
Anagrams
- LUTs, UTSL, slut, ults
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?st/
- Hyphenation: lust
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Noun
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.
- benefit, advantage
Related terms
- bloedlust
- eetlust
- lusteloos
- lusthof
- lustig
- lustobject
- lustmoord
- lustoord
- lustprieel
- lusttuin
- moordlust
- roemlust
- wellust
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
lust
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of lusten
- imperative of lusten
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German lust. Cognate to German Lust and Finnish lusti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lus?t/
Noun
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
Descendants
- ? Ingrian: lusti (“beautiful, funny”)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Noun
lust m or f
- enjoyment, pleasure
- lust, desire
- hunger, desire to eat
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- onlust
Descendants
- Dutch: lust
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lust/
Noun
lust m
- desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: lust
- English: lust
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst), from Middle Low German lust lüst, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lust c
- (uncountable) lust (a mood of desire), joy, a keen interest
- a desire (for something specific)
Declension
Related terms
- förlusta
- förlustelse
- läslust
- lusta
- lustgas
- lusthus
- lustig
- lustjakt
- lustresa
- lustspel
- lysten
- lystnad
- söklust
Anagrams
- luts, slut
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lust c (plural lusten)
- desire, appetite
- lust, sexual desire
Derived terms
- ytlust
Further reading
- “lust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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fondness
English
Etymology
From Middle English fondnes, fondnesse, fonnednesse, equivalent to fond +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?ndn?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?ndn?s/
- Hyphenation: fond?ness
Noun
fondness (countable and uncountable, plural fondnesses)
- The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvii:
- I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvii:
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