lecher

American  

[lech-er] / ˈlɛtʃ ər /

noun

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

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verb (used without object)

1. to engage in lechery.

lecher British  

/ ˈlɛtʃə /

noun

1. a promiscuous or lewd man

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Etymology

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 -or ²

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Example Sentences

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lecher

The inherent pleasure of the pastime is captured in the French term lecher les vitrines, literally, “licking the window glass.”

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Now and again it offers a good broad gag of its own: "You unqualified lecher!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"I resent the fact that because I'm standing up for my privacy people are drawing an inference that I'm some kind of lecher who has had numerous affairs," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

The opera bristles with an immense variety of forms: a sonata represents the elderly lecher, a rondo suggests his son, ragtime gives way to an English waltz.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall not fail therein, par lapathium acutum de dieu; if Mars fail not in Lent, which the cunning lecher, I warrant you, will be loth to do.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

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