Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Excessive indulgence in sexual activity; lewdness.
- n. A lecherous act.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Free indulgence of lust; excessive indulgence in sexual relations; -- used mostly of men.
- n. obsolete Selfish pleasure; delight.
WordNet 3.0
- n. unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
Etymologies
- Old French and Anglo-Norman lecherie. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In this commandment it is forbidden and defended all manner sin of the flesh which is called generally lechery, which is a right foul sin and villainous.”
“Its reassuring to find oneself almost agreeing with Melanie again. .but: laughable as it is for this dreadful new labour hack to pretend that paying to be tied up and flogged is only depraved if you wear the wrong costume; isnt the public exposure of depravity its own kind of lechery (to paraphrase Dr Johnson)?”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“We didn't know Bozell kept track of that show's lechery level with such an eye for detail.”
The Huffington Post: Terry Krepel: The Media Research Center's Transgender Freakout
“This radical break, so often attributed to Henry's lechery and self-interest, was in the end immensely valuable to England and the English-speaking peoples.”
The Washington Post: Exhibit review of 'Vivat Rex!' at the Folger Shakespeare Library
“Of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" he wrote, "The lechery scenes are the best.”
““Watch out, he has made lechery his profession,” Teddy said seriously.”
“Brock's Chick was a woman so hot that "the Arizona legislature recently passed a bill that forbids me and this young lady from being an item because we're too good looking," Brock wrote in one post, which contained Brock's typical blend of swagger and lechery.”
The Washington Post: Ben Quayle's run for Congress, interrupted by Internet columnist Nik Richie
“Below, she talks about getting her confidence back, how Kara DioGuardi offended her, Nick's lechery and why she thinks the warzone vibe of the show is counterproductive.”
Platinum Hit's Amber Ojeda: I Have a Personality, I Swear to God
“Steven Tyler's perpetual lechery; the way the entire panel hedges about criticism by qualifying it by saying, "At first ..." and then explaining how any given contestant pulled it together; Jacob Lusk's wordless wailing.”
“How else to explain why the ubiquitous lechery of "Hey Nineteen," the dynamite-strapped character of "Don't Take Me Alive" and the tricky jazz harmonies of "Peg" remain on classic-rock radio after so many decades?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lechery’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Shakespeare.01
cyme, fife, tyrant, apparition, lechery, feverous, equivocate, hautboy, unsanctified, owlet, weird sister, Hecate and 3 more...
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dyy's Words
ambivalence, irony, double-edged sword, paradox, struggle, plunge, buoy, pigeon-hole, ultimately, status quo, fuel, undermine and 230 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Ny New Words
From Barron Wordlist the New Words
lap, lank, languor, languish, lancet, lance, lampoon, larceny, larder, largess, lascivious, latitude and 120 more...
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Some Words I Love to Use
arcology, strumpet, crux, confected, pedant, bluestocking, cogitation, incensed, lovecraftian, cygnet, dactyl, adytum and 539 more...
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Lolita
Words to remember from Nabokov's "Lolita"
concordance, limned, lurid, puerility, variorum, perspicacious, exigency, acrostic, solipsism, mnemosyne, involution, fatidic and 227 more...
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Doctor Faustus
Various words from the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Good Angel, Bad Angel, pride, covetousness, envy, wrath, gluttony, sloth, lechery, vintner, horse-courser, Helen of Troy and 148 more...
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sexual feelings
words describing the sexual parts of life
snog, shag, copulate, intercourse, paraphilia, carnal, fetish, fornicate, abstinence, foreplay, coitus, chastity and 119 more...
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Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
discovered while reading this book.
tendril, spiraea, political asylum, bristly, sordid, reel, garish, dulcitude, gait, charlatan, lapel, august and 96 more...
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christy927's list
...all my favorite words...
chrysalis, mahogany, indigo, elysian, rubenesque, cataclysmic, scythe, archaic, gaelic, trollop, sycamore, canopy and 279 more...
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frequent toefl
Words that I do not know or unsure for toefl
appurtenances, aptitude, arbitrary, arboretum, argot, arrears, avocation, avuncular, badger, bait, warden, bane and 428 more...
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ash
ash
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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GRE 3500 K
killjoy, kindred, knave, knit, knoll, knotty, lachrymose, lampoon, languid, languish, languor, lap and 37 more...
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anaisabbzug's list
my first list...
i shall break it out into various categories at a later date...syzygy, flouncy, irregardless, lascivious, rutting, incorrigible, ennui, ineffably, unflagging, scarlet, missive, vernacular and 48 more...
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L
words starting with L
labile, laggard, laceration, lachrymose, lackadaisical, lectern, laity, lampoon, languish, languor, lank, latent and 41 more...
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