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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.
  1. 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
  2. ] 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
  3. A dedale of lusty youth, noble every student there.
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  4. You were call'd 'lusty Shallow' then, cousin.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  5. 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
  6. [Trumpet sounds] What lusty trumpet thus doth summon us?
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  7. 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
  8. 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

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