Lusty Meaning
/ˈlʌsti/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjExhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
adjHearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
Sentence Examples
Tom gave Mary a lusty look.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ baby cried loudly for milk, showing great strength.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children gave a ____ cheer when they heard that they were going to the zoo the next day.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English lusty (“mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”), equivalent to lust + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian lustich (“amusing”), West Frisian lustich (“amusing, funny”), Dutch lustig (“cheerful”), German lustig (“amusing”), Danish lystig (“merry”), Swedish lustig (“funny”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 6:
"I ſaw him [Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him[…]"
— 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 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 7:
"Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew"
— 1671, 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:
"Looking for some hot, hard and hunky fun or a lusty lost weekend at the beach?"
— 1990 April 7, “Keep It Coming!”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ baby cried loudly for milk, showing great strength.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The children gave a ____ cheer when they heard that they were going to the zoo the next day.