LUSTY
What does "LUSTY" mean?
Full of vigour, energy, and healthy strength.
Meanings
- Healthy, strong, and full of energy and vitality. The newborn gave a lusty cry that filled the ward.
- Hearty, enthusiastic, and done with gusto. They gave the anthem a lusty, full-throated finish.
- Driven by strong physical desire (a less common modern sense, easily confused with the noun 'lust'). A lusty glance passed between them across the room.
Did you know?
- A 'lusty' cry from a newborn is high praise, not scandal: 'lust' once simply meant pleasure or vigour, so 'lusty' first meant robust and full of life - the sexual shading came centuries later.
Word origin
From Middle English 'lusti', from 'lust' (originally 'pleasure, vigour, desire', Old English 'lust') plus '-y'; the older positive sense of 'full of vigour' predates the narrowing of 'lust' to sexual desire.
Remember it
LUSTY = full of GUSTO; swap the G for L and you have someone bursting with healthy life.
A little poem
The new colt, lusty,
kicks the whole spring into one
wobbling, headlong run.
haiku
What it teaches
Vigour is not the same as appetite; the lustiest life is the one most fully alive, not most consumed.
Quick facts
What does LUSTY mean?
Full of vigour, energy, and healthy strength.
Is LUSTY a valid word?
Yes — LUSTY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LUSTY?
LUSTY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LUSTY come from?
From Middle English 'lusti', from 'lust' (originally 'pleasure, vigour, desire', Old English 'lust') plus '-y'; the older positive sense of 'full of vigour' predates the narrowing of 'lust' to sexual desire.
What can LUSTY teach us?
Vigour is not the same as appetite; the lustiest life is the one most fully alive, not most consumed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.