• LUS
n. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a yearning; a longing
• LUSARD
n. 1530 obs. – the lynx
• LUSCHBALD
n. 1508 Sc. obs. rare – ? a sluggard
• LUSCIOUS
adj. 1614 obs. – of tales, conversation, writing, etc.: gratifying to lascivious tastes, voluptuous, wanton; of a person (rare): lascivious
• LUSCITION
n. 1656 obs. rare – a being dim-sighted or purblind
• LUSH
adj. 1. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – lax, flaccid; soft, tender
adj. 2. 1819 sl. – drunk
adj. 3. 1851 – luxurious; of a woman: sexually attractive
adj. 4. 1928 sl. chiefly Brit. – good, excellent, great, ‘cool’
adj. 5. 1930s US sl. – wealthy
int. 2003 UK sl. – used for expressing approval
n. 1. a1400 obs. – a stroke, a blow
n. 2. 1790 sl. – alcohol, esp. beer
n. 3. 1841 sl. – a drinking bout
n. 4. 1890 sl., chiefly US – a drinker of alcohol; a drunkard
n. 5. M19 sl. – a drink
n. 6. M19 US criminals’ sl. – money
n. 7. 1940s US sl. – a victim or fool
n. 8. 1940s US homosexual sl. – an extremely attractive heterosexual man
n. 9. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – whisky
n. 10. 1980s US college sl. – an attractive woman
n. 11. 2000s sl. – an addict
vb. 1. c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to rush, to dash; to come down with a rush
vb. 2. c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to strike
vb. 3. 1811 sl. – to drink, to indulge in drink
vb. 4. 1821 sl. – to ply with drink; to make drunk
vb. 5. 1926 sl. – to get drunk
vb. 6. 1927 sl. – to provide with a luxurious standard of living
• LUSH BETTY
n. M19 US sl. – a whisky bottle
• LUSHBUM
n. 1940s US sl. – an alcoholic tramp
• LUSH-CRIB
n. 1819 sl. – a drinking bar, a low public house
• LUSHED
adj. 1927 US sl. – drunk
• LUSHER
n. 1848 US sl. – one who is excessively self-indulgent, esp. one who drinks excessively; a drunkard
• LUSHEY; LUSHIE
adj. 19C sl. – drunk
n. 19C sl. – a drunkard
• LUSH GREEN
n. 1951 US sl. – money
• LUSHHEAD
n. 1938 UK sl. – a habitual drinker
• LUSHHOUND
n. 1935 US sl. – a drunkard
• LUSHING KEN
n. 1790 criminals’ sl. – an alehouse or saloon
• LUSHING-MAN
n. 1859 sl. – a drunkard
• LUSHINGS
n. 1852 – abundance
• LUSHINGTON
n. 1851 sl. – a drunkard
• LUSH IT
vb. 1. 19C sl. – to ply with drink; to make drunk
vb. 2. E19 sl. – to drink
• LUSH KEN
n. 1790 criminals’ sl. – an alehouse or saloon
• LUSH MERCHANT
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a drunkard
• LUSHO
n. 1. L17 sl. – alcohol, esp. beer
n. 2. M19 sl. – a drink
n. 3. M19 sl. – a drunkard
n. 4. M19 sl. – a drinking spree
n. 5. 2000s sl. – an addict
• LUSH-OUT
n. 1823 Brit. sl. – a drinking bout
• LUSH-PANNY
n. 19C Brit. sl. – a low public house or alehouse
• LUSH PUPPY
n. 1983 UK sl. – a young person who drinks to excess
• LUSH-ROLL
vb. 1957 US sl. – to rob drunkards
• LUSH-ROLLER
n. 1919 criminals’ & police sl. – a thief or pickpocket who robs drunken or unconscious persons
• LUSH-TOUCHER
n. 1904 criminals’ & police sl. – a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons
• LUSH UP
vb. 1893 Amer. sl. – to drink liquor; to become intoxicated, to get drunk
• LUSHWELL
n. 1960 Amer. sl. – a heavy drinker; an habitual drunkard
• LUSH-WORKER
n. 1. 1908 Amer. sl. – a prostitute who extorts money from a man by trickery, blackmail, blandishments, or robs him when drunk
n. 2. 1908 Amer. criminals’ & police sl. – a thief who robs drunken or unconscious persons
• LUSHY
adj. 1811 sl. – drunk, drunken
n. 1944 US sl. – a drinker of alcohol; a drunkard
• LUSHY-COVE
n. 1812 sl. – a drunken man
• LUSIAN
adj. 1776 – belonging to Lusitania; hence, pert. to Portugal
n. 1812 – an inhabitant of Lusitania, an ancient province of Hispania, almost identical with modern Portugal; hence, a Portuguese person
• LUSION
n. 1656 obs. rare – a playing, game, or pastime
• LUSITAN
adj. 1587 obs. rare – belonging to Lusitania; hence, pert. to Portugal
• LUSITANIAN
adj. 1720 – belonging to Lusitania; hence, pert. to Portugal
n. 1607 – an inhabitant of Lusitania, an ancient province of Hispania, almost identical with modern Portugal; hence, a Portuguese person
• LUSIVE
adj. 1871 rare – playful
• LUSK
adj. 1775 – lazy, idle, sluggish, slothful, worthless
n. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – an idle, lazy, slothful, good-for-nothing fellow; a sluggard
vb. c1330 obs. – to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge in laziness; to skulk
• LUSKIN
n. 1593 obs. rare – an idle or lazy fellow; a sluggard
• LUSKING
adj. a1500 obs. – slothful, lazy
n. 1579 obs. – idling, skulking
• LUSKISH
adj. a1500 obs. – inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish
• LUSKY
adj. 1604 – lazy, sluggish
• LUSORIOUS
adj. 1619 obs. – used in sport or as a pastime
• LUSOPHONE
adj. 1974 – Portuguese-speaking
• LUSORY
adj. 1653 – used as a pastime; of the nature of play or sport, playful
• LUST
n. 1. c888 obs. – pleasure, delight
n. 2. a900 obs. – desire, appetite, relish, or inclination for something
n. 3. 1390 obs., poetic usage – a source of pleasure or delight
n. 4. 1398 obs. – vigour, lustiness
n. 5. c1430 obs. – liking, friendly inclination to a person
vb. 1 c1230 obs. – to please, to delight; to be pleased or delighted
vb. 2. a1400 obs. – to desire, to choose, to wish
• LUST-BREATHED
adj. 1594 obs. – energized or animated by lust
• LUST DOG
n. 1975 US sl. – a passionate, promiscuous female
• LUSTER
n. 1591 rare – one who lusts
• LUSTFUL
adj. 1. c893 obs. – having a strong desire for something; eagerly desirous of something
adj. 2. 1340 obs. – delightful, pleasurable
adj. 3. 1561 arch. – vigorous, lusty
• LUSTFULLY
adv. 971 obs. – with pleasure or delight; voluptuously
• LUSTFULNESS
n. a900 obs. – delight, pleasurableness
• LUST-GARDEN
n. 1589 obs. – a pleasure-garden
• LUST-HOUSE
n. 1. 1590 – a country-house, a villa
n. 2. 1783 – a tavern with a beer-garden
• LUSTICK
adj. a1616 obs. – merry, jolly; chiefly with reference to drinking
adv. 1607 obs. – merrily, jovially
• LUSTIHOOD
n. 1600 obs. – lustfulness
• LUSTIHEAD
n. c1369 arch. – pleasure, delight; vigour; lustfulness, libidinousness
• LUSTILY
adv. 1. a1225 obs. – with pleasure or delight; pleasantly, pleasurably; delightfully; also, gladly, willingly
adv. 2. c1410 obs. – lustfully, carnally
• LUSTINESS
n. c1374 obs. – pleasantness, pleasure, delight; also, beauty of attire
n. c1400 obs. – lustfulness; carnal nature or character
• LUSTLESS
adj. 1. c1325 obs. – without vigour or energy; listless
adj. 2. 1507 obs. – joyless; without pleasure or delight
• LUSTLY
adj. 1. c1200 obs. – pleasant, pleasure-giving
adj. 2. c1200 obs. – lustful; carnal
adv. 1. 971 obs. – with pleasure or delight; gladly, willingly
adv. 2. c1440 obs. – voluptuously; lustfully
adv. 3. 1529 obs. – lustily, vigorously
• LUSTRABLE
adj. 1727 obs. rare – that may be purged or purified
• LUSTRAL
adj. 1781 – occurring every five years
n. a1656 obs. rare – a lustrum or period of five years
• LUSTRAN
n. a1656 obs. rare – the first year of a lustrum (a period of five years)
• LUSTRANT
adj. c1550 obs. rare – lustrous; fig. illustrious
• LUSTRATE
vb. 1. 1623 obs. – to view, to survey
vb. 2. 1632 obs. – to pass or through a place
vb. 3. 1653 – to purify by a propitiatory offering; to cleanse by lustration; generally, to purify
vb. 4. 1688 obs. – to impart lustre to
• LUSTRATION
n. 1. 1614 – the performance of an expiatory sacrifice or a purificatory rite, as by washing with water
n. 2. 1623 – a going round a place, viewing or surveying it
n. 3. 1646 obs. – a perambulation, inspection, census
n. 4. 1826 chiefly jocular usage – washing
n. 5. 1853 rare – a period of five years
• LUSTRATIVE
adj. 1875 – pert, to lustration, expiatory purification, or, jocularly, washing
• LUSTRATORY
adj. 1738 rare – lustral, expiatory
• LUSTRE
n. 1. 1387 – a period of five years
n. 2, 1615 obs. – a cave
n. 3. 1658 obs. – external splendour; magnificence
vb. 1. 1541 obs. rare – to view, to survey
vb. 2. 1582 rare – to be or become lustrous
vb. 3. 1627 obs. – to render illustrious; also, to render specious or attractive
vb. 4. 1645 obs. rare – to purify
• LUSTREFUL
adj. 1843 – lustrous
• LUSTREMENT
n. a1641 obs. rare – lustrous appearance
• LUSTRIFICATION
n. 1631 obs. – a making lustrous
• LUSTRIFY
vb. 1886 rare – to make lustrous
• LUSTRING
adj. 1582 – exhibiting a lustre; lustrous, shining
• LUSTRIOUS
adj. 1651 obs. rare – splendid, lustrous
• LUSTRUM
n. 1590 – a period of five years
• LUSTRY
adj. 1610 obs. rare – lustrous
• LUSTS
n. c1000 obs. – pleasures
• LUSTSOME
adj. a1400 obs. rare – ? covetous; ? wilful
• LUSTY
adj. 1. a1225 obs. – of persons and their attributes: joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively
adj. 2. a1240 obs. – pleasing in appearance; beautiful
adj. 3. a1366 obs. – of seasons, places, etc.: pleasant, delightful
adj. 4. c1374 obs. – valiant, courageous, active
adj. 5. c1386 obs. – full of lust or sexual desire
adj. 6. 1399 obs. – of language, eloquence, etc.: pleasing, agreeable
adj. 7. c1412 obs. – of dress: handsome, gay; of persons: gaily dressed
adj. 8. c1430 obs. – pleasant to the taste
adj. 9. 1430-40 arch. or Eng. dial. – of singing, music, festivities: merry, cheerful
adj. 10. 1493 obs. – full of desire, desirous
adj. 11. a1568 obs. – insolent, arrogant, self-confident
adj. 12. 1601 obs. – of soil: fertile, prolific
adj. 13. 1640 obs. – massive, substantial, large
adj. 14. 1660 obs. – of a ship: sailing well
adj. 15. 1798 Amer. dial. – pregnant
adj. 16. 1973 Amer. dial. – large, fat
• LUSTY ANDOUILLE
n. Urquhart usage – the penis
• LUSTY-GUTS
n. L16 sl. – a notorious copulator; a good wencher
• LUSTY LAURENCE; LUSTY-LAWRENCE
n. 1594 obs. – a whoremonger, a good wencher
• LUSTY WENCH
n. 1984 NZ sl. – an attractive teenage girl
• LUTANY
n. 1897 – ? lute-music
• LUTARIOUS
adj. 1681 obs. rare – inhabiting mud
• LUTARY
adj. 1661 obs. rare – inhabiting mud
• LUTCH
vb. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to lift
• LUTE
n. 1694 obs. – mud
• LUTENER
n. 1626 obs. rare – a lute player
• LUTENIST
n. 1600 – a lute player
• LUTEOUS
adj. 1656 obs. – pert. to mud
• LUTER
n. 1474 obs. – a lute player
• LUTE SHOULDERS
n. ? 17C obs. – round shoulders
• LUTETIAN
adj. 1740 – belonging to Lutetia or Paris; Parisian
• LUTHERN
n. 1669 – a dormer-window
• LUTHIER
n. 1879 – a lute-maker
• LUTOSE
adj. 1826 – covered with mud; miry
• LUTOSITY
n. 1650 obs. – muddiness
• LUTTER
adj. 971 obs. – pure
• LUTTERED
adj. a1400 obs. – bowed, crooked
• LUTULENCE
n. 1727 rare – muddiness; mud, dirt
• LUTULENT
adj. c1600 now literary usage – muddy, turbid
• LUV
n. 1898 UK – a term of address
• LUVVIE; LUVVY
n. 1. 1968 UK – a form of address, generally affectionate; usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing
n. 2. 1990 UK sl.. gently derogatory – an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work
• LUVVIE-DARLING
n. 1. 1968 UK – a form of address, generally affectionate; usually of the opposite sex, and sometimes considered patronizing
n. 2. 1990 UK sl., gently derogatory – an actor of either sex, esp. one given to public extravagance or theatrical gesture; an actor who is considered intensely serious about theatre work
• LUX
adj. 2002 US sl. – luxurious
n. c1840 Brit. sl. – an excellent or splendid thing
vb. 1708 obs. – to dislocate, to put out of joint
• LUXATE
vb. 1623 – to dislocate, to put out of joint
• LUXE
n. 1558 – luxury
• LUXER
n. c1850 Brit. sl. – a handsome fellow
• LUXON
adj. 20C Brit. sl. – deluxe
• LUXUR
n. 1604 obs. rare – a lecher
• LUXURE
n. c1374 obs. – lasciviousness, lust
• LUXURIANCY
n. 1648 rare – luxuriance
• LUXURIANT
adj. 1. 1654 obs. – excessively prosperous
adj. 2. 1656 obs. – of a disease: abundantly prevalent
• LUXURIATE
vb. 1621 obs. – of a writer: to write at exuberant length; to exceed one’s limits
• LUXURIETY
n. a1768 obs. – luxuriance
• LUXURIOSE
adj. 1727 obs. rare – luxurious
• LUXURIOUS
adj. 1. c1330 obs. – lascivious; lecherous; unchaste
adj. 2. c1374 obs. – outrageous, extravagant, excessive; also, passionately desirous after something
• LUXURIOUSLY
adv. c1550 obs. – lasciviously, lustfully
• LUXURIOUSNESS
n. 1542 obs. – lasciviousness
• LUXURIST
n. 1690 obs. or arch. rare – one addicted to luxury
• LUXURITY
n. 1. 1576 obs. rare – lasciviousness, lustfulness
n. 2. a1636 obs. rare – luxuriance
• LUXURY
n. 1. 1340 obs. – lasciviousness, lust
n. 2. 1611 obs. – luxuriance
• LUYTE
n. 1477 obs. – wrestling, grappling
• L’VILLE
n. 1981 US sl. – Louisville, Kentucky
• LYAEUS
n. 1602 – a surname of Bacchus; hence, used for: wine
• LYAM-DOG
n. 1805 – a bloodhound
• LYAM-HOUND
n. 1527 obs. – a bloodhound
• LYANCE
n. 1. c1380 obs. – a group of persons related to or allied with another
n. 2. 1390 obs. – allegiance
n. 3. a1400 obs. – a kinsman or ally
• LYARD
adj. 1. 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of a horse: spotted with white or silver grey
adj. 2. c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of hair: grey, silvery grey approaching white
• LYCANTHROPE
n. 1831 – a werewolf; one of those persons who assumed the form of wolves, according to medieval superstition
• LYCANTHROPIST
n. 1727 – a werewolf; one of those persons who assumed the form of wolves, according to medieval superstition
• LYCHNOBITE
n. 1727 obs. rare – one who turns night into day; a ‘fast-liver’
• LYE
n. 1. 1556 obs. – a cosmetic for the hair
n. 2. 1990s US sl. – marijuana
vb. 1. c1390 obs. – to mix; to thicken soups, sauces, etc.
vb. 2. 1621 obs. – to bind or tie
• LYE WATER
n. c1938 Amer. dial. – urine
• LYING
adj. c1000 obs. – dead
n. 1. 1480 obs. – the state of being buried
n. 2. 1486 – an alleged name for a ‘company’ of pardoners
• LYING-DOG
n. 1818 – a setter
• LYING-HOUSE
n. 1423-4 obs. – a prison
• LYING-IN
n. c1440 – a being in childbed; accouchement
• LYING-STORM
n. 1787 Sc. – a snow-storm when the snow lies
• LYKE-WAKE
n. c1405 – the watch kept at night over a dead body
• LYLE
n. 1967 UK sl. – the leg; usually in the plural
• LYME-HOUND
n. 1527 obs. – a bloodhound
• LYMPH
n. a1630 poetic usage – pure water; water in general; a stream
• LYMPHATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to drive mad
• LYMPHATED
adj. 1727 obs. – frenzied
• LYMPHATIC
adj. 1656 obs. – frenzied, mad
n. 1708 obs. – a lunatic, a madman
• LYMPHATICAL
adj. ? 17C obs. – frenzied
n. 1603 obs. – a frenzied person
• LYMPHATION
n. 1623 obs. – a driving mad
• LYNCEAN
adj. 1622 – of the eyes, sight, etc.: resembling that of a lynx;, keen; of a person: sharp-sighted
• LYNCEOUS
adj. 1592 obs. – of the eyes, sight, etc.: resembling that of a lynx;, keen; of a person: sharp-sighted
• LYNCH
vb. 1. 1835 Amer. sl. – to inflict bodily punishment upon; to kill by mob action, typically by hanging, without legal authority
vb. 2. 1836 – to subject a person to a verbal or physical attack; of a journalist, commentator, etc.: to write or publish an attack on a person; to vilify
vb. 3. 1839 obs. – to cover with tar
• LYNCH MAN
n. 1. 1811 orig. & chiefly US – a man who participates in or executes lynch law
n. 2. 2004 – a man employed by a criminal or criminal organization to inflict punishment on an enemy, debtor, etc.
• LYNCHY
adv. 1840 obs. rare – in a manner suggestive of a lynch mob
• LYNX-EYE
n. 1828 – an eye as keen as that of a lynx
• LYNX-EYED
adj. 1597 – having eyes like those of a lynx – keen-sighted
• LYONNAIS
adj. 1801 – pert. to Lyons or its inhabitants
n. 1653 – a native or inhabitant of the city of Lyons
• LYRE-BIRD
n. Bk1999 Aust. sl. – a compulsive liar
• LYREMAN
n. 1889 Amer. dial. – a cicada
• LYRICIZE
vb. 1832 rare – to sing lyrics
• LYRICS
n. 1. 1987 Trinidad and Tobago – profanity; disparagement
n. 2. 1994 UK sl. – talk, esp. when stretching truth or reality
• LYTH-COOP
n. 1681 obs. – an auction of household goods
• LZ
n. 1971 US sl. – a combat aircraft landing zone, esp. an improvised one
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