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   lusty

   /ˈlʌsti/

   adjective

   • 1. healthy and strong; full of vigour: "the other farmsteads had lusty young sons to work the land" Similar healthystrongfitvigorousrobusthale and heartyheartyenergeticvitallivelybursting with good healthbloomingin good conditionin fine fettleruggedsturdytoughstalwartbrawnymuscularmusclystrappingheftyhuskyburlysolidly builtwell builtwell madesolidsubstantialpowerfulvirilered-bloodedinformal:beefyrippedshreddedbuffloudvigorousheartystrongpowerfulforcefulstentorianstridentOpposite weakquietweak

   Word Origin Middle English: from lust (in the early sense ‘vigour’) + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lustiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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