letch

or lech

[ lech ]

/ lɛtʃ /

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noun

a lecherous desire or craving.

a lecher.

any strong desire or liking.

verb (used without object)

to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).

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Origin of letch

First recorded in 1790–1800; probably back formation from lecher

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How to use letch in a sentence

Cow-heels and Calves feet are sometimes mixed with unsugared leches and Jellies.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Leches in hundreds fed securely beside them, for they have learned only to keep out of bow-shot, or two hundred yards.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Leches white with an antelope of redde corven theryn, a crowne about his neck with a cheyne of golde.
A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for letch

letch

/ (lɛtʃ) /

verb, noun

a variant spelling of lech

Word Origin for letch

C18: perhaps back formation from lecher

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