lecherous
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lecherous
- /ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/ UK
- /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ɚ.əs/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English lecherous, licherous, from Old French *lecherous (attested in Old French lecherousement (“lecherously”)), from Old French lecherie, licherie (“gluttony, sensuality, lewdness, lechery”), from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekkōn, *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick.
adjective more lecherous · most lecherous
- Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery. Adam was a perfectly satisfactory dinner companion, if not a bit damp and blandly lecherous (he revealed he had looked at my Instagram before we met and “really liked the photos of me in a bathing suit.”) And now, standing on the street corner, it was unclear how I was going to walk away from this w
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adj given to a lustful craving of sexual activities
| Español | libidinoso, lascivo, licencioso, libertino, lujurioso |
|---|---|
| Português | lascivo, libidinoso |
| Français | lubrique |
| Deutsch | lüstern |
| Italiano | lascivo, libidinoso, lussurioso, libertino, licenzioso, mandrillo |
| Ελληνικά | λάγνος lágnos, ασελγής aselgís |
| Русский | развра́тный razvrátnyj, распу́тный raspútnyj, блудли́вый bludlívyj, похотли́вый poxotlívyj |
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title = {lecherous},
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