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lustless en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless.

Meanings

1. Without sexual lust.
   • But then, Bergler also claims that there are no genuinely ambi-erotic individuals, only "homosexuals who may be capable of lustless mechanical sex... 1964, J Z Eglinton, Paul Goodman, Greek Love:
   • By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
2. (obsolete) Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless.
   • Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can, So lustlesse bene they, so weake so wan, 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

lustlessness · lustlessly