lustihood

American  

[luhs-tee-hood] / ˈlʌs tiˌhʊd /

noun

1. lustiness; vigor.

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Etymology

Origin of lustihood

First recorded in 1590–1600; lusty + -hood

Example Sentences

And, certainly the most amusing passage of "Sinfonia Domestica" is that complex of Bavarian lustihood, Bavarian grossness, Bavarian dreaminess and Bavarian good nature, the thematic group that serves as autoportrait of the composer.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

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

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

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

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