Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lustless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lust-less
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without sexual lust.

adj

Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:"
"But then, Bergler also claims that there are no genuinely ambi-erotic individuals, only "homosexuals who may be capable of lustless mechanical sex..."
"Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can, So lustlesse bene they, so weake so wan,"

Etymology

From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: lustles
Suffix: lust

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more lustless (comparative) most lustless (superlative)

Derived Forms

lustlessly lustlessness

Questions

What does lustless mean?: Without sexual lust.
Where does lustless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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