louche

[ loosh ]

/ luʃ /

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adjective

dubious; shady; disreputable.

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Origin of louche

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

Words nearby louche

lotus position, Lotus Sutra, Lotze, Lou, Louangphrabang, louche, loud, loud and clear, louden, loud-hailer, loudish

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How to use louche in a sentence

From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.
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Both vaporiums I visited included areas to hang out it, like the louche opium dens of old.
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The opalescent, minty-green louche billows under the ice water droplets.
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Akkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.
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Temperamentally speaking, Augusta is so small “c” conservative it makes George Will look louche by comparison.
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M. de Montrond talks of returning to Louche to put his poor body in a bath.
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His conduct, as the Juge d'Instruction told him, without mincing matters, was undeniably louche.
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"Young Mr. Richie Gardiner seemed louche" she observed after a silence which Warren seemed willing indefinitely to prolong.
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Clarendon told me this was only one of many instances in which the conduct of the French had been very louche and insincere.
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The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very louche!
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British Dictionary definitions for louche

louche

/ (luːʃ) /

adjective

shifty or disreputable

Word Origin for louche

C19: from French, literally: squinting

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