Lust: A Dictionary for the Insatiable

by Adams Media

The Seven Deadly Sins have sliced up the dictionary and taken what's theirs. No one vice is too greedy as each volume prides itself on having more than 500 entries. Word lovers will lust after these richly packaged volumes--and once you've collected all seven, you'll be the envy of all your friends.

A Dictionary for the Insatiable

Once just isn't enough. You'll want to ogle these entries multiple times, all night long. Nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, whatever their particular pleasure--or pleasures--they'll find 'em inside.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Nonfiction, Humor, Dictionaries

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 18, 2011

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

"But virtue, as it never
will be moved,
Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven,
So lust, though to a radiant angel linked,
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage

—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE"

I love the idea of these focused dictionaries by Adams Media. If your looking to write a romance story, love letter, raunchy email, or whatever, this might be a fun way to get your creative juices going. It's pretty light as this one clocks in at just over 500 words and the definitions themselves are pretty bare bones, but it's a fun romp. My favorite part is the bits of poetry, like the quote above, scattered with in. Which is an important point as it leans towards the poetic, old fashioned side of lust, not the hard core BSDM side. Nor does it include common LGBTQ+ terms or slang - you're not going to learn about dark blue hankies here.

Here's an example of one of the better entries:
"adulation
(AJ-uh-lay-shun)
NOUN: Extreme praise or flattery, particularly that which seems obsequious or unmerited; worship.
Patrick’s excessive ADULATION indicated to her that he wanted to be more than just friends."

Overall I enjoyed it and even learned a few words but I'd be lying if I didn't say it felt a bit short/incomplete.
2.5 stars

[David Macpherson · Rating 3 out of 5]

reading a small focused dictionary is kind of neat. The only problem was the repeition of certain words of yearning and that some obvious words of lust and sex were not included. still. It was goofy to read all these words of desire and of gettin some

[Samuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great resource for writers, but it's just a dictionary. There are much better ways to present understanding of terminology even on a basic level for learning; take Ash Hardell's "The ABC's of LGBT+" where definitions are taught and shaped through story and testimony.

[TAP · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is pretty telling when the definition for "vagina" is present but the definition for "penis" cannot be found. I wasn't aware there were so many negative sexual terms for women and so few for men.