"lustless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more lustless [comparative], most lustless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lustles}} Middle English lustles, {{suffix|en|lust|less}} lust + -less, {{cog|nl|lusteloos}} Dutch lusteloos, {{cog|de|lustlos}} German lustlos, {{doublet|en|listless}} Doublet of listless Head templates: {{en-adj}} lustless (comparative more lustless, superlative most lustless)
  1. Without sexual lust.
    Sense id: en-lustless-en-adj-~A6pty~y
  2. (obsolete) Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lustless-en-adj-1D8GSIFG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
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          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:",
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