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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

  1. 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

  1. To practice lewdness.

Lecher²

Where it comes from

Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.

proper noun Lechers

  1. A surname.

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noun a lecherous person

Españollascivo, libidinoso
日本語助け平
中文色鬼 sèguǐ, 登徒子 dēngtúzǐ, 好色之徒 hàosèzhītú, 色狼 sèláng
Portuguêsdepravado, devasso
Françaispervers, porc, obsédé
DeutschLüstling, Wüstling, Lustmolch
Italianomandrillo, pervertito, depravato, libertino
Русскийразвра́тник razvrátnik, развра́тница razvrátnica, блудни́к bludník, блудни́ца bludníca, распу́тник raspútnik, распу́тница raspútnica

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@misc{lecher_2026,
  title = {lecher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lecher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}