lustyhede

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lustihed, lustiheed, lustihede

Etymology

lusty +‎ -hede. Compare Dutch lustigheid, Middle Low German lusticheit, German Lustigkeit, Danish lustighed, Swedish lustighet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlustiːhɛːd/

Noun

lustyhede (uncountable)

1. enjoyment of life, joyfulness, gaiety, cheer
   • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:

     Defaulte of slepe and hevynesse / Hath [slayne] my spirite of quyknesse / That I haue loste al lustyhede

     Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.

Descendants

• English: lustihead, lustihood

References

• “lustīhēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.