lecher
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lecher¹
- /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun lechers · leachour · leacher
- 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.
verb lechers · lechering · lechered · leachour · leacher
- To practice lewdness.
Lecher²
Where it comes from
Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.
proper noun Lechers
- A surname.
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noun a lecherous person
| Español | lascivo, libidinoso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 助け平 |
| 中文 | 色鬼 sèguǐ, 登徒子 dēngtúzǐ, 好色之徒 hàosèzhītú, 色狼 sèláng |
| Português | depravado, devasso |
| Français | pervers, porc, obsédé |
| Deutsch | Lüstling, Wüstling, Lustmolch |
| Italiano | mandrillo, pervertito, depravato, libertino |
| Русский | развра́тник razvrátnik, развра́тница razvrátnica, блудни́к bludník, блудни́ца bludníca, распу́тник raspútnik, распу́тница raspútnica |
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