English
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Etymology
AS. term|lust||lust, pleasure, longing|langang < Ger. *lust-; akin to Old Saxon, Dutch term|lust|langnl, Old Frisian, Old High German, German term|Lust|langde, & Swedish term|lust|langsv, Danish term|lust|langda & Icelandic term|lyst|langis, Old Norse term|losti|lang=non, Gothic lustus, and perhaphs to Sanskrit lush "to desire", or to English term|loose. Confer term|list||to please, term|listless.

Pronunciation
IPA|/l�st/, IPA|/l�st/
:rhymes|�st

Noun
en-noun|-

1. Strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

#: Upon seeing her, I was filled with lust

Translations
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Danish: begær n, lyst c, liderlighed c
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Verb
en-verb

1. To very strongly desire.
2. To want to have sexual intercourse with.

Translations
trans-top|Strongly desire
Danish: tørste efter, begære
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trans-top|Want to have intercourse with
Danish: føle begær, begære
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ttbc|Dutch: onkuisheid
ttbc|French: luxure f
ttbc|German: Wollust f
ttbc|Italian: lussuria f
ttbc|Latin: luxuria f
ttbc|Old English: gál n, gálscipe m
ttbc|Portuguese: lúxuria f
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: drùis f, feòlmhorachd f, baois f, baoiseachd f
ttbc|Serbian: razvrat, blud, bludnost, bludništvo
ttbc|Spanish: lujuria f
ttbc|Swedish: #Swedish|lust

Dutch

Verb
infl|nl|verb form

1. Third person singular present tense of lusten.

Old English

Noun
infl|ang|noun|g=m

1. desire, pleasure, appetite, #English|lust

#:Him wæs metes micel lust: he had a craving for food. (�lfric's Homilies)

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• 2007-10-30 22:19 - Amjaabc - +da translations, ttbc removed

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