English
lustless
Lustless comes from Middle English lustles.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lustles
- Englishearliest quotation 1579lustless
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lustles
- Englishearliest quotation 1579lustless
Earliest quotation: 1579, Immeritô pseudonym; Edmund Spenser, Februarie. Ægloga Secunda.: “Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can, So lustlesse bene…”
Formed from lust + -less
Proto-Germanic *lustuz ‘lust, desire, want’
Proto-West Germanic *lustu ‘desire, want, lust’
Old English lust ‘lust, pleasure, longing’
Middle English lust
English lust
Every English word from Middle English lustles
Today it means
adj Without sexual lust.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English lustles / lustless