lusty

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlʌsti/ UK /ˈlʌsti/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
healthy, strong, and full of vigor

The newborn let out a lusty cry that filled the room.

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Synonyms

1 adj · healthy, strong, and full... vigorous robust hearty energetic hale strong sturdy

Opposites

feeble weak frail listless

Word family

Derived forms lustily lustiness

Related forms lust lustful lustfulness

Etymology

From Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous, full of desire'), from lust ('vigor, desire') + -y, from Old English lust, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire').

lust Old English *lustuz Proto-Germanic

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# lusty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈlʌsti
**IPA (UK):** ˈlʌsti

## Meanings
1. healthy, strong, and full of vigor

## Examples
- The newborn let out a lusty cry that filled the room.

## Synonyms
- vigorous
- robust
- hearty
- energetic
- hale
- strong
- sturdy

## Antonyms
- feeble
- weak
- frail
- listless

## Derived Forms
- lustily
- lustiness

## Related Forms
- lust
- lustful
- lustfulness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lust
- Root: *lustuz

## Etymology
From Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous, full of desire'), from lust ('vigor, desire') + -y, from Old English lust, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire').

## AI Etymology
Lusty is from Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous, full of desire'), from lust ('vigor, desire') + -y, from Old English lust, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire'). Important recorded forms include lust (Old English) and *lustuz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers healthy, strong, and full of vigor. The wider family includes derived forms such as lustily and lustiness and related words such as lust, lustful, and lustfulness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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