Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lusty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lusty \Lust"y\, a. [Compar. {Lustier}; superl. {Lustiest}.]
[From {Lust}. See {Lust}, and cf. {Luscious}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lusty
adj 1: vigorously passionate [syn: {lustful}]
2: endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a
hearty glow of health" [syn: {hearty}, {full-blooded}, {red-blooded}]
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