Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Given to, characterized by, or eliciting lechery.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Sensual; prone to indulge in sensuality; lustful; lewd.
- Provoking lust.
- Synonyms See list under lascivious.
Wiktionary
- adj. given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men lust-provoking.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
Etymologies
- 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 (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōnan (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“- Take oaf yir clathes then, let me see the goods, Mary rasped in lecherous cheer.”
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“Lord Keltenton was known as a lecherous, depraved, ill-mannered rogue with an unfortunate habit of belching in public.”
“When I recalled his lecherous looks and her wanton meaning glances I was tempted to destroy myself in misery and despair.”
“That sudden shedding of her clobber just when she'd been pretending that she'd have to be coaxed or ravished, is the kind of lecherous trick that wins my heart every time, and when we came to grips she behaved like the demented stoat aforesaid.”
“Perhaps in the future, you should avoid putting 'lecherous' and 'pull list' in the same paragraph.”
“Lunch, as opposed to dinner or party, so as to avoid the kind of lecherous, drunken, fesses-photocopying debauchery that typically goes on during office Christmas parties where Brits are involved.”
“Several turbulent years followed, first in the home of a white couple where the husband turned out to be "lecherous," Ms. Allen recalled.”
“It didn't occur to him to be "lecherous" or even fretting about what might happen if he did such a thing, he simply did it to save Taiga's face.”
“He grimaced against a renewal of his earlier lecherous aches.”
“Let him live with the consequences of his lecherous behavior.”
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Interesting words
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The insulting ones
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wajo22's list
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SAT Words
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Appellations
States of ment.
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ahh these hurt.....
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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NeoVolt's Words
schadenfreude, serendipity, idiosyncrasy, loess, caducous, vagary, schematic, steeple, licentious, tangential, verisimilitude, vernacular and 385 more...
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Let's talk about sex
A collection of words about doing the nasty.
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