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lust

UK/ˈlʊst/ US/ˈlʌst/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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verb

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • angel lust
  • fall in lust
  • lust after
  • lust murder
  • sex drive
  • sexually aroused

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