Middle English Dictionary Entry
lustī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lustī adj. Also lustie, lōstẹ̄ & (error) lust. |
| Etymology | From lust ; also cp. OI lostigr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pleasant, enjoyable, delightful; also, tempting; (b) beautiful to the sight, handsome, attractive; (c) of a color: bright.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2306 : Under a linde Beside a roche..He syh wher sprong a lusty welle.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2174 : Wher that the body was begrave..Thei granten him a lusti mede, That every yeer..Of Maidens faire he schal have thre.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.52 : Ful lusty was the weder and benygne.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1402 : Lo swich a lucre is in this lusty game, A mannes myrthe it wol turne in to grame.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7888 : Whedyr hyt be yn a womman handlyng Or yn any oþer lusty þyng.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.62 : Now be myn help tenlumyne with þis wirk..To be lusty to hem that schal it rede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.843 : In Troye Wer song & rad lusty fresche comedies.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5739 : Ful craftely he leyde oute hoke & lyne, With lusty bait of fals couetyse.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)222 : The Musycal, the lusty instrument, I mene the harpe most melodious.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)123 : And wondir glad was I to se That lusty place and that ryver.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.244 : Ther suetnesse & lusti fressh syngyng Ful ferr discordith fro materis compleynyng.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)255 : Thei vsiden certein colouris of rethorik that with hem her spechis schulde be the more lusti.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)8b : To suche a newe made kniȝt..schal neuer be drede to fiȝte..but it schal be to hym a lusty likynge [L uoluptas].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1935 : Ne thy lyfe was not lefe ne lusty, it semys, When þou entrid our Ile þis erende to beire.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)4860 : [In] this book..Most lusty and agreable, The Auctour..doth declare, [etc.].
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1324 : Þou synned hast In mete or drynke by lusty tast.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)55/1604 : Me wolle falle a gladsum tyme lust.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1161/2 : The season ys lusty to beholde and comfortable.
- c1475 Exemple sendynge (Vsp D.9)41 : Vpon thys nobyl and lusty may, to you my lady..I me Recommande.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)76a : Lusty: illecebrosus.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.2.57a : Foule buskes..þat myght not fructefyen non heilsom ne lusty frute, but bitter and vnsauery.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.2.57b : Al þat sche saith is ful amyabill, sweet, and lusty.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)138 : The levis..made in somer a plesant lusti shade.
b
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)269 : Þi leor is..lusti on to loken.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2176 : He wered of laurer grene A gerland fressh and lusty for to sene.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2686 : This Steward..A lusti ladi hath to wyve.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.595,597 : Sondri floures..whiche in May so lusti wern & glade Vp-on her stalke gynne..enclyne her freshe lusty cheris.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4334 : Whanne it..is..fair and fresh of flour, Lusty to seen, swoote of odour.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.25 : Out of old chaff trie out ful cleene corn; Make it more fressh and lusti to the eie.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Ballade Virtues (Trin-C R.3.20)1 : Fresshe, lusty beaute ioyned with gentylesse.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)30/270 : Þis clerk seyth..þat te wikkid tiraunt Dionisius..was in his ȝungage as fair of face, as bewtewus o bodi, & as lusti vor to loke vpon as any man.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)975 : When he was þere vpone þe doune, þat chirche was lusty in his syȝt.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2334 : My goddis me grauntid..the lustist lady in hor lond wyn.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.380 : He..[gan] pretend a colour fresche of hewe, I-gilt outward so lusty and so newe As þer wer no tresoun hydde with-Inne.
- a1475 Limn.Bks.(Brog 2.1)p.88 : If ȝe wolle make fyne redys, ȝe moste take to a dosyne iij pownd of alome, and to crimesons the same..thanne schalle ȝe make fayre colours and lusty in theyre maderynge in warantise.
2.
(a) Full of vigor, spirited, energetic; as noun: vigorous person; (b) willing, desirous, eager; also, over-eager; (c) cheerful, happy, merry; (d) overlapping with senses 2. (a), (b), (c): admirable, fine; a lusti man, a fine fellow; lusti folk, the best people; (e) impudent, pert, know-it-all.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.80 : With hym ther was his sone, a yong squyer, A louere and a lusty bacheler.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2661 : He scholde with a womman dele, A freissh, a yong, a lusti wiht, To don him compaignie a nyht.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1850 : This queene..rod..To se diverse game pleie, The lusti folk jouste and tourneie.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.143 : Þoruȝ þis drinke sche hath fro ȝeris olde Eson restored vnto lusty age.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.354 : When that May is, Whan every lusty liketh beste to pleye.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.804 : Stalons..goth now to gentyl maris..A yong & lusty hors..May ha but twies vj or thries v.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1119/5 : Every lusty harte that ys ony maner of lover spryngith, burgenyth, buddyth.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)227/29 : His cosyn fonde the hors, the whiche was stronge, fryk, lusty, and abyl to armys.
- a1500 St.Dor.(2) (Chet 8009)54 : All the people wondred howe she myght be soo fayre and soo looste withoute mete or drynke.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)2606,2612 : He saide I was to yonge of age, of body lustie and likely to outrage, scantly of thage of xxviii yeres..'remember,' saide I, 'howe be it my body be light and lusty..ye shall fynde age sufficient with in my mynde.'
b
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)58/27 : Þe delueð efter golt hord, eauer se he mare nahheð hit, se his heortes gleadschipe makeð him mare lusti & mare fersch to diggin.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4004 : Testyf they were and lusty for to pleye.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1345 : Nyghtyngale..Was neuere noon that lyste bet to synge, Ne lady lustier in carolynge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2164 : Þei þat wer hool and lusty for to fiȝt Gan armen hem in purpos ful..Her foon to mete.
- (?c1420) Mazers in Archaeol.50149 : Hoe so lusty þe god to plese let hys neyȝbore lyue in ese.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3567 : The manly knyghtes wold an yssyd oute And ha scarmosshed in her lusty pride.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1451 : Jason was yong and lusty of corage, And undertok to don this ilke empryse.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3576 : My dowters hende, lufly & lusti to lende, goo to ȝone fende, & fro hym take Mankynde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3802 : Dyamede..was..Lusty to lechery.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10598 : Sum lordes to lenge lusty þai were.
c
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1678 : Alle þe burhmen seouen siðes brihtre þen beo þe sunne..alle lahinde somet, eauer iliche lusti, bute linnunge.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)36/343 : Ha herieð godd & singeð a unwerget eauer iliche lusti in þis loft songes.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1513 : From his courser with a lusty herte, Into the groue ful hastily he sterte.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1099 : I have a joly wo, a lusty sorwe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.403 : Go we pleye us in som lusty route To Sarpedoun..And thus thow shalt the tyme wel bygile.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)1173 : Be lusti eke, deuoid of al tristesse, And take no þouȝt, but euer be Iocond.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)5.221 : Thay a-noon faste gan hem hye With lusty hert and gladde of chere and face.
- a1475(?1445) ?Lydg.Cal.(Rwl B.408)44 : Be of good comfort and ioye now, hert myne; Wel mayst þu glade and verray lusty be.
- c1500 Lydg.Diet.(Rwl C.86)63 : In youthe be lusty, sad whanne þou art olde.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1581 : This yonge lusti knyht Unto this olde lothly wiht Tho seide..'Have hier myn hond, I schal thee wedde.'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.553 : I hadde the bettre leyser..for to se and eek for to be seye Of lusty folk.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.958 : Be lusty, fre; persevere in thy servyse.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2982 : I saw come with a glad cher To me a lusty bacheler [F Un valet bel et avenant].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)186/22 : Þere scholde þei dwellen with the most fairest damyselles þat myghte be & pley with hem eueremore..þus wenten many dyverse lusty Bacheleres [F ly bachelers] for to sle grete lordes..þat weren his enemyes.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)716 : That o man hadde a sone, Of al that lond oon of the lustyeste.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)13.276 : They Comen Owte of þat Cite Swich A gret And lusty Meyne.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)486 : Who now moost may bere on his bak..Of cloth and furrour hath a fressch renoun; He is 'a lusty man' clept for þe nones.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)394 : The yonge fressh Ipomones, So lusty fre as of his corage.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)10 : Sir Robert Stuard..was a full gentill squyer, fresh, lusty, and right amyable.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.31.75b : That one ymage was like to a lusty knyght sittyng upon hors bak.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)191 : These amerouse yonge lusty peple reioyse be-cause of the..seson.
e
- a1450(c1395) WBible(2) Pref.Jer.(NC 66)1.74 : I am neither so lusty [WB(1): lustsum; L petulans] ne so dul, that I shulde bihote me to know these thingis, to gadere the fruytis of hem on erthe, whose rootis ben fastned in heuene.
3.
(a) Of land: fruitful, productive; of branches: vigorous; (b) of rain: health-giving, invigorating; (c) of God's will:?benevolent, ?powerful.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.59 : Ther is at the west syde of Ytaille..A lusty playne habundant of vitaille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1657 : Eke ȝonge trees to sere..And afterward make hem, agein kynde, With lusty braunchis blosme and budde newe.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)2/28 : Let hem take þe lusti lond of Chanaan melke & methe wellyng.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3909 : Þe soote stormis of Aprille..gan distille His lusty licour, with many holsom schour.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2751 : Whan þe dew so sote Enbawmedhath þe flour & eke þe rote With lusty lycour.
c
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)105/129 : Trewly, lawe of kynde for goddes own lusty wil is verily to mayntayne.
4.
(a) Pleasure-loving, voluptuary; (b) amorous; (c) lustful; fig. ardent.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Form Conf.(1) (Vrn)344 : Whon sungeþ a mon in his siht? Whon his eiȝe is vnstable, be-holdyng diuerse þing, and lusti, wher-þorw he is ofte tempted to do synne boþe in lust and coueytyse.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)981 : Hit watz lusty Lothes wyf þat over he[r] lyfte schulder..bluschet to þe burȝe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)19a/a : Cupidineus: lusti.
- ?a1440 Hortus (Brist-U)274 : Cupidineus..i. uolu[p]tarius: lusty.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)317 : Lusty, fulle of luste: Voluptuosus.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)168/5 : Þat is þe watyr of þe sentens of þe gret curs in þe pytt of ȝoure lusty body.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)76a : Lusty:..delicatus, gulosus, voluptuosus.
b
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2111 : Euery lusty knyght That loueth paramours..They wolde hir thankes wilnen to be there.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.272 : Now dauncen lusty Venus children deere.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)12 : He was a lusti man, full amorous, and much medeled hym with loves arte.
c
- c1390 Hilton ML (Vrn)284 : Aftur þi sleep..thou schalt fele þi-self furst fleschli heui, & sumtyme lusti.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4231 : He sal be lusty and lycherous And desayvabel and trecherous.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)3a/a : He is made childe forto haue a maner licherous or lusty wodenes [L quandam insaniam veneream habere] of soþfastnes or of treuþe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)76a : Lusty:..libidinosus.
- a1500 St.Brendan Conf.(Lamb 541)9/113 : I haue synnyd..in leccherous spekynge, in lusti leccherous heeringe, in leccherous seynge.
5.
As surname.
Associated quotations
- (1327) Sub.R.Lei.in AASRP 20.1276 : Rogerus Lusty, Simon Lusty.