Etymology

lustfulness

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Today it means: The state, quality, or condition of being lustful Full definition →

Middle English lustfulnesse ← Old English lustfulnes
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromlustfulnes“desire, pleasure”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlustfulnesse
  3. English todaylustfulness

From Middle English lustfulnesse, from Old English lustfulnes (“desire, pleasure”), equivalent to lustful + -ness.

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