ˈləstē, -ti adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch lustich pleasant, merry, Middle High German lustic pleasant, merry, Old Norse lostigr willing, ready; all from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic adjective derived from the noun represented by Old English lust pleasure with the suffix represented by Old English -ig -y — more at lust , -y
1. archaic : merry , joyous
2. : lustful
had his moments of lusty passion — Winthrop Sargeant
lusty greed in their veins — American Guide Series: Michigan
with the lusty appetite of a buccaneer — Nancy Hale
3. : full of vitality : robust , flourishing
his six brothers were tall and healthy and lusty — Walter Macken
when the missing chemicals were replaced, the cane planters began to get lusty crops — Marjory S. Douglas
a lusty young city sprawling on the lake front — P.W.Gates
progressive spirit of the lusty young Whig party — V.L.Parrington
4.
a. : full of strength : powerful
it was such a lusty shock that it unsettled another rock up the mountain — Burtt Evans
a tart, lusty wine of the country — John Kobler
a lusty factor in the wage-price spiral — H.A.Wolff
b. : unusually large in size : corpulent , massive
a huge florid figure of a lusty man — Erle Stanley Gardner
this lusty veteran of some 700 years is 19 feet in circumference — J.A.M.Muir
5. : full of energy or activity : forceful , vigorous
hammers the piano in a lusty , untrained way — Donita Ferguson
people poured forth to give him lusty cheers — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager
the lusty days of Elizabethan England swarm to life — New York Times
in the tradition of the great satirists, the lusty haters — H.R.Hays
Synonyms: see vigorous