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lecher

noun
/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). More at lick.

  1. derived from *leyǵʰ-✻ — “to lick”
  2. derived from *likkōną✻ — “to lick”
  3. derived from *likkōn✻ — “to lick”
  4. derived from lecher
  5. derived from lecheor — “glutton, sensualist, libertine”
  6. inherited from lechour

Definitions

  1. A lecherous person

    A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

    • The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.

  2. To practice lewdness.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA