unlust

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unlust, from Old English unlust (displeasure, dislike), from Proto-West Germanic *unlust, from Proto-Germanic *unlustuz (listlessness). Equivalent to un- +‎ lust.

Noun

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unlust (countable and uncountable, plural unlusts)

  1. (rare) Displeasure; dislike.
    • 1983, Alison Waley, A Half of Two Lives:
      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.
  2. (obsolete) listlessness; disinclination.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, A compendious introduction, prologue, or preface into the epistle of Paul to the Romans:
      We fynde in oure silves vnlust and tediousnes to do good.
    • 1561, Hieronymus von Brunschwig, translated by John Hollybush, A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye:
      In all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put:..but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke.
    • 1582, diary of Richard Madox:
      Yf you once fawl to lasynes or unlust..than is the scarby redy to catch you by the bones.

Middle English

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Noun

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unlust

  1. listlessness; disinclination

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *unlustuz. Equivalent to un- +‎ lust. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (unlustus, apathy, listlessness) and German Unlust (lack of desire, aversion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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unlust m

  1. absence of desire; disgust, disinclination, listlessness
  2. want of pleasure; joylessness, weariness
  3. evil pleasure, lust

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: unlust

References

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