| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  l st |
| NOUN: | 1. Intense or unrestrained sexual craving. 2a. An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power. b. Intense eagerness or enthusiasm: a lust for life. 3. Obsolete Pleasure; relish. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: lust·ed, lust·ing, lusts
To have an intense or obsessive desire, especially one that is sexual. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English, desire. See las- in Appendix I.
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