lecher
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
name
Etymology: Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). More at lick.
- A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.
“The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). More at lick.
- To practice lewdness.