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Lusty   /lˈəsti/   Listen
adjective
Lusty  adj.  (compar. lustier; superl. lustiest)  
1.
Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body. "Neither would their old men, so many as were yet vigorous and lusty, be left at home."
2.
Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. (Obs.)
3.
Of large size; big. (Obs.) "Three lusty vessels." Hence, sometimes, Pregnant. (Obs. or Prov.)
4.
Lustful; lascivious. (Obs.)





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"Lusty" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bullet-headed, barrel-figured Baron Malcolm Haer of Vacuum Tube Transport. Category Transportation, Mid-Upper, and strong candidate for Upper-Upper upon retirement. However, there would be few who expected retirement in the immediate future. Hardly. Malcolm Haer found too obvious a lusty enjoyment in the competition between Vacuum Tube ...
— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... blossoming mist of bluebells, creating the freshness and the happiness of youthfulness in every living thing. A land where far vistas and wide horizons, bounded by green hills, brought visions from the inner self, with joyous abundance through lusty life, and glorious passionate being—a land sweet and fruitful, and never-ending in its beauty ...
— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh
... Wrangell and built a big smoky signal fire for friends in town, then set sail, unfurled our flag, and about noon completed our long journey of seven or eight hundred miles. As we approached the town, a large canoeful of friendly Indians came flying out to meet us, cheering and handshaking in lusty Boston fashion. The friends of Mr. Young had intended to come out in a body to welcome him back, but had not had time to complete their arrangements before we landed. Mr. Young was eager for news. I told him there could be no news of importance about a town. We ...
— Travels in Alaska • John Muir
... Another flash illumined hill and river, and he beheld the little canoe dancing along in safety, scarce fifty yards in advance, with Stackpole waving the tattered fragments of his hat aloft, and yelling out a note of triumph. But the lusty hurrah was unheard by the soldier. A more dreadful sound came to his ears from behind, in a shriek that seemed uttered by the combined voices of men and horses, and was heard even above the din of the torrent. But it was as momentary as dreadful, and if a cry of agony, it was of agony that ...
— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird
... A baby was there all right enough, and a lusty little boy he seemed. He was very tight asleep in a basket that stood in the corner ...
— Three Lives - Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena • Gertrude Stein


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