louche

[loosh]

adjective

1. dubious; shady; disreputable.

louche

/ luːʃ /

adjective

1. shifty or disreputable

Word History and Origins

Origin of louche¹

1810–20; < French: literally, cross-eyed; Old French losche, feminine of lois < Latin luscus blind in one eye

Word History and Origins

Origin of louche¹

C19: from French, literally: squinting

Example Sentences

“How is life among the lucrative and louche?” he asked in October 2017, in an email included in the recently released House cache of documents.

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Thin slices of toasted pound cake work surprisingly well, and feel a little louche in a good way.

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The Pike’s louche doings made for great newspaper copy.

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Ditto for Grant, who brings along his acoustic guitar, a.k.a. the louche’s lyre.

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Beth Leavel delivers a defiantly louche rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch” from “Company” and Bonnie Langford leaves it all out on the stage in a gorgeously guttural “I’m Still Here” from “Follies.”

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