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lecher

[ lech-er ]
/ ˈlɛtʃ ər /
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noun

a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.

verb (used without object)

to engage in lechery.

RELATED WORDS

Casanova, libertine, debaucher, playboy, rake, lech, philanderer, Romeo, gigolo, reprobate, stud, womanizer, Lothario, swinger, satyr, roue, lady-killer

Nearby words

  1. leccy,
  2. lech,
  3. lechaim,
  4. lechatelierite,
  5. lechayim,
  6. lecher wires,
  7. lecherous,
  8. lecherously,
  9. lechery,
  10. lechosos opal

Origin of lecher

1125–75; Middle English lech(o)ur < Anglo-French; Old French lecheor glutton, libertine, equivalent to lech(ier) to lick (< Germanic; compare Old High German leccōn to lick) + -eor -or2
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lecher

/ (ˈlɛtʃə) /

noun

a promiscuous or lewd man

Word Origin for lecher

C12: from Old French lecheor lecher, from lechier to lick, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German leccōn to lick
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Word Origin and History for lecher

lecher

n.

"man given to excessive sexual indulgence," late 12c., from Old French lecheor (Modern French lécheur) "one living a life of debauchery," especially "one given to sexual indulgence," literally "licker," agent noun from lechier "to lick, to live in debauchery or gluttony," from Frankish *likkon or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *likkojan "to lick" or some other Germanic source (see lick). The Old French feminine form was lechiere. Middle English, meanwhile, had lickestre "female who licks;" figuratively "a pleasure seeker," literally "lickster."

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