Definition of Lust. Meaning of Lust. Synonyms of Lust
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Definition of Lust
Lust Lust Lust, n. [AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS.,
D., G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh.
tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to
please, Listless.]
1. Pleasure. [Obs.] `` Lust and jollity.' --Chaucer.
2. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]
For little lust had she to talk of aught. --Spenser.
My lust to devotion is little. --Bp. Hall.
3. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had
sense; as, the lust of gain.
The lust of reigning. --Milton.
4. Licentious craving; sexual appetite. --Milton.
5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Lust Lust Lust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lusting.] [AS. lystan. See Lust, n., and cf. List to
choose.]
1. To list; to like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. `` Do so if thou lust.
' --Latimer.
Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
In the water vessel he it cast When that him
luste. --Chaucer.
2. To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate
or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual
appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.
Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. --Deut. xii.
15.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
--Matt. v. 28.
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.
--James iv. 5.
