a. Obs. exc. dial. [UN-1 7. Cf. MDu. onlustich (Du. onlustig), MLG. unlustich, MHG. unlustic (G. unlustig), ON. úlystugr, older Da. ulystig, MSw. olustogher (Sw. olustig).]

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  1.  Indisposed to activity or exertion; slothful, lazy; dull, listless. Also const. to with inf.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 43. And te oðre þat halden ham vnforgult & cleane, beon ase sikere unlustie & wlecche, liueð i godes luue wiðuten euch heate of þe hali gast.

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a. 1250.  Lofsong, in O. E. Hom., I. 205. Touel spac and slow to godd, ȝemeleas and unlusti.

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1340.  Ayenb., 170. To þe sleauolle and to þe onlosti þet byeþ slacke to godes service.

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1390.  Gower, Conf., I. 203. Thus his yonge unlusti lif He dryveth forth.

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c. 1450.  Mankind, 538, in Macro Plays, 20. Thys londe ys so harde, yt makyth wn-lusty & yrke.

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1504.  C’tess Richmond, trans. De Imitatione, IV. xii. (1893), 276. If thou haue nat that grace whan thou woldest but fele thy selfe drye and vnlusty.

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1519.  Horman, Vulg., 48. My mynde … when it is cloudy wether … is vnlusty.

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1560.  Pilkington, Exp. Aggeus, B vi, marg. Eate not so that it make ye unlustie to serue God.

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1617.  Hieron, Wks. (1620), II. 273. Dauid … went on in a kinde of dull, and heauy, and vnlusty manner with them [sc. holy services].

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  b.  dial. ‘Unwieldy; very fat.’

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1881–2.  in Cornwall glossaries.

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  2.  Lacking in bodily vigor; deficient in health and strength; weak, feeble.

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1400–10.  Clanvowe, Cuckoo & Night., viii. Thogh I be old and vnlusty.

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1577.  B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb., 127*. The Cowe should … haue but short pasture, and the Bull his belly full: so shall neyther she be too fat, nor he vnlusty.

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a. 1614.  Bp. Smith, Serm. (1632), 249. Infants … borne lame or vnlusty.

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  b.  Of land: Not in good heart.

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1573–80.  Tusser, Husb. (1878), 50. If land be vnlustie, the crop is not great.

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  3.  Having an unattractive or ill-favored look.

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c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 8035. All wan was the weghe…, With lamentacion & langour vnlusty to se.

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1430–40.  Lydg., Bochas, I. i. (1554), 2 b. By … great labours, They were unlusty and ugly of their cheres.

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a. 1529.  Skelton, P. Sparowe, 915. His gummes rusty Are full vnlusty.

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  4.  Undesirable, objectionable, unpleasant.

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c. 1412.  Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 3356. They often hadde gret cause hem to venge, But hir spiritis … pesible Thoghten þat craft vnlusty and alenge.

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c. 1445.  Pecock, Donet, 24. Forto þus do and procede … wolde be ouer longe and tediose and vnlusty to þe heerers.

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