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lust.

lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/lʏst/

  1. lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)

    masculine

  2. object of desire

    masculine

  3. pleasure, joy

    masculine
    Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.

  4. benefit, advantage

    masculine · plural-normally

  5. a taste for, strong tendency to

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

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