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lustic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlʌstɪk/

Etymology

From lust + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Vigorous.
    • Luſtique, as the Dutchman ſaies: Ile like a maide the Better whil'ſt I haue a tooth in my head: why he's able to leade her a Carranto. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 233, column 2:

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more lustic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most lustic Degree=Sup lexicographic