lecher

See also: Lecher and lécher

English

Etymology

From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (glutton, sensualist, libertine) , from lecher (to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛtʃə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃə(r)

Noun

lecher (plural lechers)

  1. A lecherous person (commonly thought of as almost always male).

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Verb

lecher (third-person singular simple present lechers, present participle lechering, simple past and past participle lechered)

  1. To practice lewdness.

Further reading

  • lecher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • lecher in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • lecher at OneLook Dictionary Search
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