"unlust" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: unlusts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unlust, from Old English unlust (“displeasure, dislike”), from Proto-West Germanic *unlust, from Proto-Germanic *unlustuz (“listlessness”). Equivalent to un- + lust. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unlust}} Middle English unlust, {{inh|en|ang|unlust|t=displeasure, dislike}} Old English unlust (“displeasure, dislike”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*unlust}} Proto-West Germanic *unlust, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*unlustuz|t=listlessness}} Proto-Germanic *unlustuz (“listlessness”), {{prefix|en|un|lust}} un- + lust Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unlust (countable and uncountable, plural unlusts)
  1. (rare) Displeasure; dislike. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-unlust-en-noun-VZ3G-acv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 51 49
  2. (obsolete) listlessness; disinclination. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-unlust-en-noun-kP4rE6H2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 51 49 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 6 26 26 19 17 7 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with un-: 10 18 19 24 17 12

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