lustihood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lustihood
Example Sentences
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And our father is an old knight, and hath no longer lustihood nor force whereby he might defend it for us, and all of our lineage are fallen and decayed.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
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
Compare this, my friends, the condition of France and the condition of the United States, in the freshness of her strength, in the luxuriance of her resources, in the lustihood of her gigantic youth.
From A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by Cooke, John Esten
He pours his lustihood and power upon the joyous spheres.
From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George
What time I paced, at pleasant morn, A deep and dewy wood, I heard a mellow hunting-horn Make dim report of Dian's lustihood Far down a heavenly hollow.
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney
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