lustyhede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lustihed, lustiheed, lustihede
Etymology
lusty + -hede. Compare Dutch lustigheid, Middle Low German lusticheit, German Lustigkeit, Danish lustighed, Swedish lustighet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlustiːhɛːd/
Noun
lustyhede (uncountable)
- enjoyment of life, joyfulness, gaiety, cheer
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
- Defaulte of slepe and hevynesse / Hath [slayne] my spirite of quyknesse / That I haue loste al lustyhede
- Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
Descendants
References
- “lustīhēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.