lust

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)
2. (masculine) object of desire
3. (masculine) pleasure, joy
4. (masculine,plural-normally) benefit, advantage
5. (masculine) a taste for, strong tendency to

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular,third-person) inflection of lusten:
2. (form-of,imperative) inflection of lusten:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʏst/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.