lust
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, 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 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.
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lust (countable and uncountable, plural lusts)
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.
- (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- The boarders hide their lust to go home.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 21:
- For little lust had she to talk of ought.
- 1608, Joseph Hall, “Epistle I. To Sr. Robert Darcy. The Estate of a True, but Weake Christian.”, in Epistles […], volume I, London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Samuel Macham & E[leazar] Edgar […], →OCLC, 2nd decade, page 108:
- [T]he vvorld thruſts it ſelfe betvvixt me and heauen; and, by his darke and indigeſted parts, eclipſeth that light vvhich ſhined to my ſoule. Novv, a ſenſeleſſe dulneſſe ouer-takes mee, and beſots mee; my luſt to deuotion is little, my ioy none at all: Gods face is hid, and I am troubled.
- (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.
- c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
- Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly luſt
Parrot ſayth playnly, ſhall tourne all to duſt
- (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Trees will grow greater, and bear better fruit, if you put salt, or lees of wine, or blood, to the root: the cause may be the increasing the lust or spirit of the root.
Synonyms edit
- (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
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Verb edit
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.
- He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
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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.
- (usually in the plural) benefit, advantage
- a taste for, strong tendency to
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
lust
- inflection of lusten:
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German lust. Cognate to German Lust and Finnish lusti.
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lust (genitive lusti, partitive lusti)
- pleasure, fun, joy, lust (non-sexual)
- Nad teevad seda niisama lusti pärast.
- They're doing it just for fun.
Declension edit
Declension of lust (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | lust | lustid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lusti | ||
genitive | lustide | ||
partitive | lusti | luste lustisid | |
illative | lusti lustisse |
lustidesse lustesse | |
inessive | lustis | lustides lustes | |
elative | lustist | lustidest lustest | |
allative | lustile | lustidele lustele | |
adessive | lustil | lustidel lustel | |
ablative | lustilt | lustidelt lustelt | |
translative | lustiks | lustideks lusteks | |
terminative | lustini | lustideni | |
essive | lustina | lustidena | |
abessive | lustita | lustideta | |
comitative | lustiga | lustidega |
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Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
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lust m or f
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Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
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lust m
- desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
- Him wæs metes micel lust ― he had a craving for food. (Ælfric's Homilies)
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst), from Middle Low German lust lüst, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu.
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lust c
- desire to do something
- känna en stark lust att göra något
- feel a strong desire to do something
- Det är trevligt att ha ett land man kan påta i när lusten faller på
- It's nice to have a garden plot that you can potter around in when the desire strikes
- 1986, Lasse Holm (lyrics and music), “Cannelloni, macaroni”:
- Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, kan inte låta bli. Jag blir fascinerad. Känner hunger, känner törst. Det gör mig passionerad. Det gör mig fylld av lust. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. Vad ni frestar mig. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. Jag får aldrig nog.
- Campagnola, fiuggirola, quattro stagioni, marinara, capricciosa, can't help myself. I am [become] fascinated. Feeling hunger, feeling thirst. It makes me passionate. It makes me filled [sic] with desire. Pescatore, vesuvio, la bussola, pompei. How you tempt me. Siciliana, al tonne [sic], vegetariano. I never get enough.
- (in "ha lust") to feel like, to want (to do something)
- Jag har lust att spela krocket
- I feel like playing croquet
- Jag har ingen/inte lust att städa idag
- I don't feel like cleaning today
- Har du lust att hänga med oss till bensinstationen?
- Want to join us to the gas station?
- Vi frågade om han kunde hjälpa oss, men han sa att han inte hade lust
- We asked if he could help us, but he said he didn't feel like it
- Den som har tid och lust får gärna komma och hjälpa oss
- Anyone who has the time and inclination is welcome to come and help us
- (in "tappa lusten") to lose one's desire to do something, to lose one's enthusiasm for something
- tappa lusten att träna
- lose the desire to work out
- sexual desire
- sexlust
- sex drive
- djuriska lustar
- animalistic desires
- inte känna lust till någon
- have no desire for someone
- Synonym: (often) lusta
- (somewhat dated) joy, delight
- Hon tyckte det var en lust att leva
- She thought it was a joy to be alive
Usage notes edit
The tone in "ha lust" and "tappa lusten" matches "feel like doing" or "want" rather than "desire" or "lust for" or the like. Thought of as a separate, non-literary-sounding sense of "lust" by native speakers.
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Declension of lust | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lust | lusten | lustar | lustarna |
Genitive | lusts | lustens | lustars | lustarnas |
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References edit
- lust in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lust in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lust in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu.
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lust c (plural lusten)
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Further reading edit
- “lust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011