425. Lust (See also Profligacy, Promiscuity.)

1. Aeshma fiend of evil passion. [Iranian Myth.: Leach, 17]
2. Aholah and Aholibah lusty whores; bedded from Egypt to Babylon. [O.T.: Ezekiel 23:1–21]
3. Alcina lustful fairy. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso ]
4. Ambrosio, Father supposedly virtuous monk goatishly ravishes maiden. [Br. Lit.: The Monk ]
5. Angelo asked by Isabella to cancel her brother’s death sentence, Angelo agrees if she will yield herself to him. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Measure for Measure ]
6. Aphrodite Porne patron of lust and prostitution. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 16]
7. Armida’s Garden symbol of the attractions of the senses. [Ital. Lit.: Jerusalem Delivered ]
8. Aselges personification of lasciviousness. [Br. Lit.: The Purple Island, Brewer Handbook, 67]
9. Ashtoreth goddess of sexual love. [Phoenician Myth.: Zimmer-man, 32]
10. Asmodeus female spirit of lust. [Jew. Myth.: Jobes, 141]
11. Balthazar B shy gentleman afloat on sea of lasciviousness. [Am. Lit.: The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B ]
12. Belial demon of libidinousness and falsehood. [Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost ]
13. Bess Porgy’s “temporary” woman; she knew weakness of her will and flesh. [Am. Lit.: Porgy, Magill I, 764–766; Am. Opera: Gershwin, Porgy and Bess ]
14. Brothers Karamazov, The family given to the pleasures of flesh. [Russ. Lit.: The Brothers Karamazov ]
15. Caro loathsome hag; personification of fleshly lust. [Br. Lit.: The Purple Island, Brewer Handbook, 180]
16. Casanova (1725–1798) loving (and likable) libertine. [Ital. Hist.: Espy, 130]
17. Cleopatra (69–30 B.C.) Egyptian queen, used sex for power. [Egyptian Hist.: Wallechinsky, 323]
18. Don Juan literature’s most active seducer: “in Spain, 1003.” [Span. Lit.: Benét, 279; Ger. Opera: Mozart, Don Giovanni, Espy, 130–131]
19. elders of Babylon condemn Susanna when carnal passion goes unrequited. [Apocrypha: Daniel and Susanna]
20. Falstaff, Sir John fancies himself a lady-killer. [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor ]
21. Fritz the Cat a tomcat in every sense. [Comics: Horn, 266–267]
22. goat lust incarnate. [Art: Hall, 139]
23. hare attribute of sexual desire incarnate. [Art: Hall, 144]
24. horns attribute of Pan and the satyr; symbolically, lust. [Rom. Myth.: Zimmerman, 190; Art: Hall, 157]
25. Hartman, Rev. Curtis lusts after a young woman viewed at her window, but turns the experience into a hysterical sense of redemption. [Am. Lit.: Winesburg, Ohio ]
26. John of the Funnels, Friar monk advocating lust. [Fr. Lit.: Gargantua and Pantagruel ]
27. Lilith sensual female; mythical first wife of Adam. [O.T.: Genesis 4:16]
28. long ears symbol of licentiousness. [Indian Myth.: Leach, 333]
29. Lothario heartless libertine and active seducer. [Br. Lit.: Fair Penitent, Espy, 129]
30. Malecasta personification of wantonness. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene ]
31. Montez, Lola (1818–1861) beguiling mistress to the eminent. [Br. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 325]
32. Obidicut fiend; provokes men to gratify their lust. [Br. Lit.: King Lear ]
33. Pan man-goat of bawdy and lecherous ways. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 798]
34. Paphnutius monk converts a courtesan but cannot overcome his lust for her. [Fr. Lit.: Anatole France Thaïs in Benét, 997]
35. pig attribute of lust personified. [Art: Hall, 247]
36. Porneius personification of fornication. [Br. Lit.: The Purple Island, Brewer Handbook, 865]
37. Priapus monstrous genitals led him on the wayward path. [Rom. Myth.: Hall, 252]
38. Ridgeon, Sir Colenso refrains from using his tuberculosis cure to save the life of a man whose wife he coveted. [Br. Lit.: Shaw The Doctor’s Dilemma in Sobel, 173]
39. Robinson, Mrs. middle-aged lady lusts after young graduate. [Am. Lit.: The Graduate ; Am. Music: “Mrs. Robinson”]
40. Salome in her provocative Dance of the Seven Veils. [Aust. Opera: R. Strauss, Salome, Westerman, 417]
41. Spanish jasmine flower symbolizing lust. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]
42. Vathek devotes his life to sexual and other sensuous indulgences. [Br. Lit.: Beckford Vathek ]
43. Villiers, George first Duke of Buckingham and libidinous dandy. [Br. Lit.: Waverley ]
44. widow of Ephesus weeping over her husband’s corpse, she is cheered by a compassionate sentry and they become ardent lovers in the burial vault. [Rom. Lit.: Satyricon ]
45. Zeus the many loves of this god have made his name a byword for sexual lust. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 297–301]

lust / ləst/ • n. very strong sexual desire: he knew that his lust for her had returned. ∎  [in sing.] a passionate desire for something: a lust for power. ∎  (usu. lusts) chiefly Theol. a sensual appetite regarded as sinful: lusts of the flesh. • v. [intr.] have a very strong sexual desire for someone: he really lusted after me in those days. ∎  feel a strong desire for something: pregnant women lusting for pickles and ice cream. DERIVATIVES: lust·ful / -(t)fəl/ adj. lust·ful·ly / -(t)fəlē/ adv. lust·ful·ness / -(t)fəlnəs/ n.

lust pleasure, desire; sexual desire OE.; passionate desire XVII. OE. lust, corr. to (O)HG. lust, ON. losti, Goth. lustus, f. Gmc. *lust- (cf. LIST2).
Hence lust vb. XIII. lustful OE. lusty †joyful; †pleasing XIII; †lustful; powerful, strong XIV.

lust In the AV this word is used for any strong desire (e.g. Gal. 5: 17), but also in the more limited sense of sexual passion (e.g. 1 John 2: 16), where modern English translations prefer ‘desire’ or ‘bodily desire’.

lust •adjust, august, bust, combust, crust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, just, lust, mistrust, must, robust, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed •stardust • sawdust • angel dust •bloodlust • wanderlust • upthrust