Question

"Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench." Here is a line from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. I'm not sure what he means by lusty wench.

Answer 1

: Lust (or lechery) is a craving for sexual intercourse, sometimes to the point of assuming a self-indulgent or violent character. wench is a.servant girl: formerly, a girl or young woman who worked at a paid job, usually as a servant or on a farm