louche

[ loosh ]

adjective
  1. dubious; shady; disreputable.

Origin of louche

1
1810–20; <French: literally, cross-eyed; Old French losche, feminine of lois<Latin luscus blind in one eye

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louche

/ (luːʃ) /


adjective
  1. shifty or disreputable

Origin of louche

1
C19: from French, literally: squinting

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