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lustihood

American  
[luhs-tee-hood] / ˈlʌs tiˌhʊd /

noun

  1. lustiness; vigor.


Etymology

Origin of lustihood

First recorded in 1590–1600; lusty + -hood

Example Sentences

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To be sure, one could manage to creep to the other side by the submerged coping of the parapet, if endowed with the balancing powers of a rope-walker and the lustihood of the navvy.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus

He pours his lustihood and power upon the joyous spheres.

From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George

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 the young devil waxeth, and increaseth in lustihood and is ten years old and becoming like to his father.

From Tales of Wonder by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

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 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various