lustihood

[ luhs-tee-hood ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1590–1600; lusty + -hood

The earl scorns the English youth no longer; he knows their lustihood.

As Homer is the first vigour and lustihood, Ossian is the decay and old age of poetry.

He was a patriarchal giant of the wild, where endurance and lustihood mean so much.

His port nevertheless was erect, and his step as firm as in his days of lustihood.

Even the vigour and lustihood of its maturity are quick passing away.

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