lusty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite vigorously passionate
    lustful; concupiscent.
  2. adjective satellite endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
    hearty; red-blooded; full-blooded.
    • a hearty glow of health

WordNet


Lust"y adjective
Etymology
From Lust. See Lust, and cf. Luscious.
Wordforms
comparative Lustier ; superlative Lustiest
Definitions
  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. Milton.
  2. Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. Obs. Spenser.
  3. Of large size; big. Obs. " Three lusty vessels." Evelyn. Hence, sometimes, pregnant. Obs. or Prov.
  4. Lustful; lascivious. Obs. Milton.

Webster 1913