lustihood
English
Etymology
From lusty + -hood, alteration of earlier lustihead, from Middle English lustyhede, lustiheed. Cognate with Dutch lustigheid, Middle Low German lusticheit, German Lustigkeit, Danish lustighed, Swedish lustighet.
Noun
lustihood (uncountable)
- The state of being lusty.
- A vigor of body.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
- I'll prove it on his body, if he dare,
- Despite his nice fence and his active practice,
- His May of youth and bloom of lustihood.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1
References
- lustihood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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