lech
[lech]
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letch
or lech
[lech]Slang.
- a lecherous desire or craving.
- a lecher.
- any strong desire or liking.
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- 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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Historical Examples
Leches white with an antelope of redde corven theryn, a crowne about his neck with a cheyne of golde.
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 AfricaDavid Livingstone
Lech
- a river in central Europe, rising in SW Austria and flowing generally north through S Germany to the River Danube. Length: 285 km (177 miles)
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letch
- a variant spelling of lech
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Word Origin
C18: perhaps back formation from lecher
lech
letch
informal
- (intr usually foll by after) to behave lecherously (towards); lust (after)
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- a lecherous act or indulgence
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Word Origin
C19: back formation from lecher
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Word Origin and History for leches
lech
n.1
"Celtic monumental stone," 1768, from Welsh llech, cognate with Gaelic and Irish leac (see cromlech).
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lech
n.2
"yen, strong desire" (especially sexual), 1796, variant of letch. Meaning "a lecher" is by 1943.
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