unlust

noun

Etymology

From Middle English unlust, from Old English unlust (“displeasure, dislike”), from Proto-West Germanic *unlust, from Proto-Germanic *unlustuz (“listlessness”). Equivalent to un- + lust.

  1. inherited from *unlustuz — “listlessness
  2. inherited from *unlust
  3. inherited from unlust — “displeasure, dislike
  4. inherited from unlust

Definitions

  1. Displeasure

    Displeasure; dislike.

  2. listlessness

    listlessness; disinclination.

    • We fynde in oure silves vnlust and tediousnes to do good.
    • In all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put:..but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke.
    • Yf you once fawl to lasynes or unlust..than is the scarby redy to catch you by the bones.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA