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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] luste, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] lust, related to German Lust inclination, [[pleasure]].Pre-Teutonic root *las- to long for | | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] luste, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] lust, related to German Lust inclination, [[pleasure]].Pre-Teutonic root *las- to long for |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1obsolete a : [[pleasure]], delight | | *1obsolete a : [[pleasure]], delight |
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| The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration. | | The word lust is phonetically similar to the ancient [[Roman]] "lustrum", which [[literally]] meant "five years". This was the cycle time for the [[ritual]] expiation of "[[sins]]" called the lustration as [[practiced]] in [[ancient]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] cultures. [[Sexual intercourse]] was one of a list of sins requiring lustration. |
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− | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Deadly_Sins Seven Deadly Sins], written during the 5th century is a similar list of sins requiring expiation or forgiveness. These [[doctrines]] forbade even [[thoughts]] and [[desires]] for fornicatio (fornication) and luxuria ([[luxury]]). However, the northern European usage of the verb still meant simply "to please, delight;" or "[[pleasure]]". A related form "lusty", originally meant "joyful, merry" or "full of healthy [[vigor]]". | + | The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Deadly_Sins Seven Deadly Sins], written during the 5th century is a similar list of sins requiring expiation or forgiveness. These [[doctrines]] forbade even [[thoughts]] and [[desires]] for fornicatio (fornication) and luxuria ([[luxury]]). However, the northern European usage of the verb still meant simply "to please, delight;" or "[[pleasure]]". A related form "lusty", originally meant "joyful, merry" or "full of healthy [[vigor]]". |
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− | The [[word]] "lust" moved closer to its present [[meaning]] in the 16th century with its use in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Protestant Reformation]'s early non-[[Latin]] [[Bible]] [[translations]]. This is despite the [[fact]] that the original Koine Greek Bible has no single [[word]] that is uniquely translated as heterosexual lust. | + | The [[word]] "lust" moved closer to its present [[meaning]] in the 16th century with its use in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation Protestant Reformation]'s early non-[[Latin]] [[Bible]] [[translations]]. This is despite the [[fact]] that the original Koine Greek Bible has no single [[word]] that is uniquely translated as heterosexual lust. |
| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *'''''[[Libido]]''''' | | *'''''[[Libido]]''''' |