Literary notes about Lusty (AI summary)
The word "lusty" in literature is often employed to evoke a sense of robust physical and emotional vigor, sometimes with a hint of earthy humor or even sexual energy. Writers use the term to celebrate strength and youthful exuberance, as when characters proclaim themselves “well and lusty” in a call to arms ([1]) or are described as “a lusty young man” ([2]) and “lusty youth” ([3]). It also appears with a playful edge, such as in the nicknaming of a hearty character as “lusty Shallow” ([4]), or to emphasize the vivid, rousing quality of objects and sounds—like a “lusty horn” ([5]) or a “lusty trumpet” ([6]). Moreover, the word occasionally carries a sensual overtone, seen when it modifies descriptions of potent physicality or amorous energy ([7], [8]), thereby enriching characters and scenes with an unmistakable robust vitality.
- Arcite, thou art so brave an enemy, That no man but thy Cosen's fit to kill thee: I am well and lusty, choose your Armes.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - ] Thence called at my brother’s, who is at church, at the buriall of young Cumberland, a lusty young man.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys - A dedale of lusty youth, noble every student there.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - You were call'd 'lusty Shallow' then, cousin.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - The horn, the horn, the lusty horn, Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - [Trumpet sounds] What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Here, a God’s name, honest Ponocrates; thou art a lusty fornicator; the whoreson will get none but boys. Eusthenes, thou art a notable fellow.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais - O Dulcinea may be proud, That plump and lusty maid; For she alone hath had the power A tiger fierce to tame.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra