lus, adjective and & noun

slang

A. adjective In the phr. to be lus for, to long for (something).

1970 C.S. Hendry Informant, Somerset West, Western CapeI’m so lus for some sweets.

1971 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I bought some bacon yesterday because I was so lus for bacon.

B. noun Enthusiasm.

1994 Sunday Times 18 Dec. 10People close to Mr de Klerk have said that he has lost his lus for politics.

In the phr. to be lus for,to long for (something).

Enthusiasm.

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