Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being lusty; vigor; robustness.
  • noun Pleasure; delight; enjoyment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun State of being lusty; vigor; strength.

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  • noun The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.

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  • noun the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

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Examples

  • But always, he thought, he fooled himself with the thought, that his lustiness and huskiness would last, and, after he became High Admiral he could then have his pleasure.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • While on the subject of the film's cast, Durra lucked out with award-winning French actress Élodie Bouchez, who brings a refined kind of sexual energy so important to the role of Asya, and so unlike the raw lustiness found in her American counterparts.

    E. Nina Rothe: Filmmaker Zeina Durra Talks About The Imperialists Are Still Alive! E. Nina Rothe 2011

  • In fact, most females get confused by all their new lustiness, he said.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • Obsessed with proving that, despite being a parable-spouting messiah whose tragic mission is to save this country from itself, he is basically your average guy and not weird in the slightest, Blair seems to have fixed on lustiness as prime evidence of his normality.

    What woman could ever compete with Tony 'cojones' Blair? 2010

  • Like many of his disciples, Bunyard took a bestial delight in produce, writing of his quiet carnal anticipation for the “lustiness” of peaches.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • That must explain the size and lustiness of this plant.

    May Bloom Day 2008 « Fairegarden 2008

  • For one thing, they've got that healthy, Outback-reared, flesh-and-blood lustiness that American stars had before they started dieting.

    THE AUSSIES TAKE HOLLYWOOD 2008

  • Or, come to think of it, the lustiness of Robert Mitchum's sheep drover in Fred Zinnemann's grand Australian opus "The Sundowners."

    'Australia': down-under and over the top 2008

  • Like many of his disciples, Bunyard took a bestial delight in produce, writing of his quiet carnal anticipation for the “lustiness” of peaches.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Like many of his disciples, Bunyard took a bestial delight in produce, writing of his quiet carnal anticipation for the “lustiness” of peaches.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

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