lech
verb
to behave lecherously (towards); lust (after)
lech
1 British
/ lɛtʃ /
verb
noun
Lech
2
British
/ lɛk, lɛç /
noun
Etymology
Origin of lech
C19: back formation from lecher
Example Sentences
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The Hollywood Reporter characterized the portrayal as “a creepy beady-eyed lech peering out from under a mountain of latex.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
More than one of the women in this novel is a monster, more than one of the men is an easily manipulated dolt or lech, and its view of mental illness is antediluvian.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Was Mary's husband, Darnley, for instance, a womanizing lech as Vivat has it?
From Time Magazine Archive
Bot god, the wich that is the ſoueran lech, 2072 Nedith no maner medyſyne to ſech; For ther is no Infyrmyte, nore wound, Bot as hyme lykith al is holl and ſound.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
Llech signifies a stone in Welsh, and is pronounced in a way peculiar to the Welsh; when simple it is llech, when compounded lech.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 by Various
In Gdansk, she also met Poland's ex-president Lech Walesa, who led the 1980s Solidarity movement that provoked the downfall of the Communist regime in Warsaw.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
After finishing sixth in the Conference League league phase they beat Lech Poznan 4-3 on aggregate in the last 16 before overcoming AZ Alkmaar 5-2 over two legs to reach the final four.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Among them, Lech Walesa may be the last man standing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
A better future shimmers on the page when Lech Wałęsa climbs over a fence as an unemployed electrician, taps someone on the shoulder and becomes “the face of the Polish revolution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
That very minute, as near as could be learnt, General Tilly died in the town of the shot he received on the bank of the Lech, as aforesaid.
From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Daniel Defoe
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