lusty

From Middle English lusty (“mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”), equivalent to lust +‎ -y. Compare Saterland Frisian lustich (“amusing”), West Frisian lustich (“amusing, funny”), Dutch lustig (“cheerful”), German lustig (“amusing”), Danish lystig (“merry”), Swedish lustig (“funny”).

• IPA^(key): /lʌsti/
• Rhymes: -ʌsti

lusty (comparative lustier, superlative lustiest)

1. Strong, healthy, vigorous.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], page 7:

     I ſaw him [i.e., Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him […]

2. Hearty, enthusiastic, robust.
3. (archaic) Merry, gleeful.
4. (informal) Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Milton to this entry?)

5. (obsolete) Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
   • Edmund Spenser

     So lovedst thou the lusty Hyacinct;
     So lovedst thou the faire Čoronis deare.

6. (obsolete) Of large size; big.
   • Evelyn

     Three lusty vessels.

• lustihead
• lustihood
• lustily
• lustiness

• lustful
• lustuous

• lusti

From lust +‎ -y, though note Old Norse lostigr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlustiː/

lusty

1. pleasant, delightful
2. eager, happy
3. fine, good
4. good-quality, useful
5. life-giving
6. lustful

• English: lusty

• “lustī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.