[ad. Du. lusthuis, G. lusthaus, f. lust pleasure (= LUST sb. 1).] Used occas. to render the Du. and Ger. equivalents (which occur more frequently in their foreign form) in the senses: (a) A country-house, villa; (b) A tavern with a beer-garden.
1590. Wotton, in Reliq. (1685), 592. Concerning the Model of the Emperours Lust-house your honour may trust me with it. Ibid. (1591), 602. To get the plots of both the Lust-houses, the foundation is laid.
1818. Blackw. Mag., III. 530. Pass where you will, by lust-huis or by shop, You’ll always find some Grizzy at her mop.
1834. Beckford, Italy, I. 36. [Amsterdam to Utrecht] Each lusthuys we passed contained some comfortable party dozing over their pipes.
1889. Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke, xxiii. 232. At this rate you may have a lust-haus of your own in a year or two, with a trimmed lawn [etc.]. Ibid. Donner! There are other things beside lust-houses and flower-beds.
