From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lusty \Lust"y\, adjective [Compar. {Lustier}; superl. {Lustiest}.] [From {Lust}. See {Lust}, and cf. {Luscious}.]
1. Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.
Neither would their old men, so many as were yet vigorous and lusty, be left at home. --Milton.
2. Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. Of large size; big. [Obs.] ''Three lusty vessels.'' --Evelyn. Hence, sometimes, pregnant. [Obs. or Prov.]
4. Lustful; lascivious. [Obs.] --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: vigorously passionate [syn: {lustful}]
2: endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health" [syn: {hearty}, {full-blooded}, {red-blooded}] [also: {lustiest}, {lustier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "lusty": active, acute, adipose, aggressive, animated, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bouncing, brawny, brisk, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, concentrated, corpulent, distended, doughty, dumpy, dynamic, energetic, enormous, enterprising, enthusiastic, fat, fattish, fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full of pep, full-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength, go-go, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, heavyset, hefty, hippy, husky, immense, impetuous, imposing, incisive, intense, iron-hard, keen, kinetic, lively, living, massive, meaty, mettlesome, mighty, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, peppy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, prodigious, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, take-charge, take-over, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tremendous, trenchant, tubby, vast, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, well-fed, whacking, whopping, zestful, zesty, zippy
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