Lustiness
/ˈlʌs.ti.nəs/noun
The quality of being vigorous, hearty, or robust; in older usage, strong sexual desire.
Did you know?‘Lust’ began in Old English as a broad word for desire or pleasure, and only later narrowed toward sexual craving, while ‘lusty’ could simply mean healthy, vigorous, and full of life.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
lust
“Desire, pleasure, longing; later also sexual desire”
Old English
OE
-ig
“Adjectival suffix forming words meaning 'having the quality of'”
Middle English
ME
lusti
“Full of vigor, hearty, cheerful; sometimes sexually eager”
14th–15th Century
English
lustinesse
“The state or quality of being lusty; vigor, robustness, or desire”
Modern English
English
lustiness
“The quality of being vigorous, hearty, or sexually desirous”