different between macaroni vs lust

English

Alternative forms

• (a fop, a dandy): maccaroni

Etymology

From Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone, possibly from maccare (“bruise, batter, crush”), which is of unknown origin, or from late Ancient Greek ??????? (makaría, “food made from barley”).Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mak.?????.ni/
• (US) enPR: m?k'?-r??n?, IPA^(key): /?mæk???o?ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Noun

macaroni (countable and uncountable, plural macaronis or macaronies)

1. (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]
2. (derogatory, historical) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. [from 17th c.]
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:

     Delicate lace ruffles fell over the lean yellow hands that were so overladen with rings. He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars.

   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     A small, noisy party of Fops, Macaronis, or Lunarians,—it is difficult quite to distinguish which,—has been working its way up the street.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:macaroni.

Synonyms

• (fop): See Thesaurus:dandy

Hyponyms

• elbow macaroni
• See also Thesaurus:pasta

Derived terms

Related terms

• macaronic

Translations

Adjective

macaroni (comparative more macaroni, superlative most macaroni)

1. (historical) Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni.

See also

• Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
• Wikipedia article on macaronies

Anagrams

• Marocain, armoniac, armonica, marocain

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

macaroni m (uncountable)

1. macaroni

French

Etymology

From Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka.??.ni/

Noun

macaroni m (plural macaronis)

1. (usually in the plural) macaroni
2. (ethnic slur) wop; a person of Italian descent.

Synonyms

• rital

Derived terms

• macaroni chinois

Further reading

• “macaroni” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Marocain, marocain

English

Etymology

From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic ???????????????????????? (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit ??? (la?), ???? (la?ati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Confer list (“to please”), listless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

lust (countable and uncountable, plural lusts)

1. A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.

2. (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
   • 1608/1611, Joseph Hall, Epistles

     My lust to devotion is little.

3. (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches & worldly lu?t
     Parrot ?ayth playnly, ?hall tourne all to du?t

4. (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power

Synonyms

• (strong desire): See also Thesaurus:craving or Thesaurus:lust
• (general want or longing): See also Thesaurus:desire
• (delightful cause of joy): See also Thesaurus:pleasure
• (active power): lustihood, potency, vigour, virility

Derived terms

Related terms

• wanderlust

Translations

Verb

lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)

1. (intransitive, usually in the phrase "lust after") To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

Translations

Anagrams

• LUTs, UTSL, slut, ults

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?st/
• Hyphenation: lust
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

Noun

lust m (plural lusten, diminutive lustje n)

1. lust, desire (especially sexual, but also more generally)
2. object of desire
3. pleasure, joy

   Het was een lust om naar hem te kijken en te luisteren.

   It was a pleasure watching and listening to him.

4. benefit, advantage

Related terms

• bloedlust
• eetlust
• lusteloos
• lusthof
• lustig
• lustobject
• lustmoord
• lustoord
• lustprieel
• lusttuin
• moordlust
• roemlust
• wellust

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lust

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of lusten
2. imperative of lusten

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German lust. Cognate to German Lust and Finnish lusti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lus?t/

Noun

lust (genitive lusti, partitive lusti)

1. pleasure, fun, joy, lust (non-sexual)

   Nad teevad seda niisama lusti pärast.

   They're doing it just for fun.

Declension

Descendants

• ? Ingrian: lusti (“beautiful, funny”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

Noun

lust m or f

1. enjoyment, pleasure
2. lust, desire
3. hunger, desire to eat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• onlust

Descendants

• Dutch: lust

Further reading

• “lust”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lust (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lust/

Noun

lust m

1. desire, pleasure, appetite, lust

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: lust
  • English: lust

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst), from Middle Low German lust lüst, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

Pronunciation

Noun

lust c

1. (uncountable) lust (a mood of desire), joy, a keen interest

2. a desire (for something specific)

Declension

Related terms

• förlusta
• förlustelse
• läslust
• lusta
• lustgas
• lusthus
• lustig
• lustjakt
• lustresa
• lustspel
• lysten
• lystnad
• söklust

Anagrams

• luts, slut

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lust c (plural lusten)

1. desire, appetite
2. lust, sexual desire

Derived terms

• ytlust

Further reading

• “lust”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011