Middle English Dictionary Entry

lust n.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) Desire, wish, will; a desire, a wish; (b) after (at, to) ~, according to (one's) wish, at (one's) pleasure; ayenes ~, against (someone's) wishes; contrary to desire, unwillingly; (c) physical desire, bodily appetite; fleshes (fleshli, lichames) lust(es, lichamlich lustes, flesh ~, ~ of bodi, lust(es of flesh; (d) sexual desire, passion; fleshes (fleshli, lichamlich) lust(es, foul (lecherous) lustes, unclene (lichames) ~, ~ of bodi (horedom, lecheri, luxurie); (e) the will.
2.
(a) The feeling of pleasure, enjoyment, delight; taken ~, to have pleasure; (b) physical pleasure, delectation; bodili (lichames) lustes, fleshli ~, ~ of the flesh; (c) sexual gratification; ~ of bodi (flesh); taken ~; (d) ~ bed, bed of pleasures; fig. state of sin.
3.
(a) The object of a desire, what is wished for; (b) something causing pleasure, pleasurable or delightful objects or actions, comforts, attractions; (c) a woman's attractions, charms; (d) one who gives pleasure, an agent of consolation, a beloved person.
4.
(a) Vigor, energy, life; fertility; (b) inclination, disposition; (c) happiness, good will, good pleasure; (d) love; (e) interest; attention.