lecher

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/

Definition of lecher

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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

  1. To practice lewdness.

name

  1. A surname.

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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.

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