Lustfulness

Lustfulness
Lustful Lust"ful, a. 1. Full of lust; excited by lust. --Spenser. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]

2. Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality. `` Lustful orgies.'' --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Strong; lusty. [Obs.] `` Lustful health.'' --Sackville.

Syn: sensual; fleshly; carnal; inordinate; licentious; lewd; unchaste; impure; libidinous; lecherous. -- {Lust"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Lust"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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