louche

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What it does get from its author are the usual Dyer qualities-louche, lounging humor, terrific observations, a nicely philosophical way with paradox, and a wily prose style.

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  1. adjective Of questionable taste or morality; decadent: "The rebuilt [Moscow hotel] is home to the flashy, louche Western disco Manhattan Express” (Liesl Schillinger).

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  • I had moved my scant wardrobe into one of the rooms in the female section of International House and on my first day found a kind of louche society there, or so it might have seemed to an outsider. —  Borrowed Finery, A Memoir
  • And okay, the Tavern had its louche side - some of which was Katjka. —  The Gates of Noon
  • What it does get from its author are the usual Dyer qualities-louche, lounging humor, terrific observations, a nicely philosophical way with paradox, and a wily prose style. —  The New Yorker
  • She rolled her eyes. "louche." —  There Is A Season
  • "And what have we been on up to now?" louche. —  Gone for Good
 

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  1. French, from Old French losche, squint-eyed, feminine of lois, from Latin luscus, blind in one eye.

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  1. French louche, Old French lousche, from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus, one-eyed.
 

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