Etymology

lustful

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Today it means: Full of lust; driven by lust. Full definition →

Middle English lustful ← Old English lustfull
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlustfull“desirous, wishful”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlustful
  3. English todaylustful

From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).

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