lustful
lust·ful
adjective
1.
- “eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer”
- “her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature”
- “prurient literature”
- “prurient thoughts”
- “a salacious rooster of a little man”
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Origin
From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).
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