Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unlust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-lust
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Displeasure; dislike.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

listlessness; disinclination.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Poetry for me wove its own spell to secure me against all 'unlusts' - all criticisms - even against joylessness: I was set apart; in safety; as secure - in this way - as he. Who was in that audience, I wonder now? That all was success is certain."
"We fynde in oure silves vnlust and tediousnes to do good."
"In all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put:..but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke."
"Yf you once fawl to lasynes or unlust..than is the scarby redy to catch you by the bones."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unlust, *unlust, *unlustuz

Usage

Inflected Forms

unlusts (plural)

Questions

What does unlust mean?: Displeasure; dislike.
Where does unlust come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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