lusty

adj

Etymology: From Middle English lusty (“mirthful, pleasant, delicious, delightful”), equivalent to lust + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian lustich (“amusing”), West Frisian lustich (“amusing, funny”), Dutch lustig (“cheerful”), German lustig (“amusing”), Danish lystig (“merry”), Swedish lustig (“funny”).

1. Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.

   “How luſh and luſty the graſſe lookes ? How greene ?”

   “I ſaw him [Ferdinand] beare the ſurges vnder him, / And ride vpon their backes ; he trod the water / Whoſe enmity he flung aſide : and breſted / The ſurge moſt ſwolne that met him : his bold head / 'Bove the contentious waues he kept, and oared / Himſelfe with his good armes in luſty ſtroke / To th'ſhore ; that ore his waue-worne baſis bowed / As ſtooping to releeue him[…]”

2. Hearty, merry, gleesome, enthusiastic, lively, stirring.
3. Given to experiencing lust; enjoying physical sensations; lustful.

   “Before the flood thou with thy lusty crew”

   “Looking for some hot, hard and hunky fun or a lusty lost weekend at the beach?”

4. Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.

   “So louedſt thou the luſty Hyacinct, So louedſt thou the faire Coronis deare: […]”

5. Of large size; big.

   “And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks: […]”

   “I thought to have embarked in the evening, but, for fear of pirates plying near the coast, I durst not trust our small vessel, and stayed till Monday following, when two or three lusty vessels were to depart.”

6. Of large size; big.