From Middle English lustsum, from Old English *lustsum (attested only in Old English lustsumlīċ), from Proto-Germanic *lustusamaz, equivalent to lust + -some. Cognate with Middle Low German lustsām,
obsolete Dutch lustzaam, obsolete German lustsam.
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