unlust

== English == === 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. === Noun === unlust (countable and uncountable, plural unlusts) (rare) Displeasure; dislike. (obsolete) listlessness; disinclination. == Middle English == === Noun === unlust listlessness; disinclination == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *unlustuz. Equivalent to un- +‎ lust. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (unlustus, “apathy, listlessness”) and German Unlust (“lack of desire, aversion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈunˌlust/ === Noun === unlust m absence of desire; disgust, disinclination, listlessness want of pleasure; joylessness, weariness evil pleasure, lust ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== unlustian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: unlust English: unlust === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “unlust”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.