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Lustless

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without sexual lust.

    "By Mahomet, my Kinſmans ſepulcher, And by the holy Alcaron I ſweare, He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines:"

  2. 2
    Lacking vigour; weak, tame or spiritless. obsolete

    "Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can, So lustlesse bene they, so weake so wan,"

Etymology

From Middle English lustles, equivalent to lust + -less. Cognate with Dutch lusteloos, German lustlos. Doublet of listless.

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