lustihood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lustihood
Example Sentences
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My lord, my lord, I'll prove it on his body if he dare, Despite his nice fence and his active practice, His May of youth and bloom of lustihood.
From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William
My lord, my lord, I'll prove it on his body if he dare, Despite his nice fence and his active practice, His May of youth and bloom of lustihood.
From Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare, William
And how, with all their admiration of the exceeding lustihood of the Prince of Wales,—how, from the very depths of their stomachs, would they wish His Royal Highness twice as big!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841 by Various
As Homer is the first vigour and lustihood, Ossian is the decay and old age of poetry.
From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. by Macbain, Alexander
However, recover he did his health and lustihood, and nursing his enmity, feigned to be vastly more enamoured of his widow than ever before.
From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
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