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L — Lowing to Lyssa (Part 7 of 9)

    2. Honeyed, excessively sweet, cloying, sugary.
    3. Unctuous, fulsome, rank, nauseous.

Lusciousness, n. Sweetness, deliciousness, pleasantness, honey.

Lusern, n. Lynx.

Lush, a. Juicy, succulent, watery, sappy, moist, full of juice, fresh, luxuriant.

Lust, n.

    1. Cupidity, inordinate desire, longing desire, eagerness to possess.
    2. Concupiscence, carnality, lechery, salaciousness, salacity, lubricity, wantonness, lasciviousness, carnal desire, brutal appetite.

Lust after.

    1. Long for, desire eagerly or inordinately.
    2. Have carnal desire for.

Lustful, a. Concupiscent, libidinous, lubric, lubricous, salacious, lecherous, lascivious, lickerish, carnal, licentious.

Lustily, ad. Vigorously, strongly.

Lustration, n.

    1. Purification, cleansing, washing.
    2. (Antiq.) Religious purification, ceremony of purification, lustrum.

Lustre, n.

    1. Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, gleam, radiance, resplendence, glitter.
    2. Distinction, repute, renown, eminence, celebrity, glory, honor, éclat.
    3. Chandelier, candelabrum.
4. Lustrum, five years.

Lustrous, a. Bright, shining, beaming, luminous, radiant, brilliant.