lustihood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lustihood
Example Sentences
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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
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
The lustihood of youth hath yet defied The parching sun, and chilling dew of even.
From André by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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
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
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