Dictionary

lecher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. 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. 2000, Deborah Payne Fisk, The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre, page 202:

Forms

Deriveds

lechery · lech · lecherous

Translations (37)

ru блудни́к (a lecherous person) · fr porc (a lecherous person) · or ଯୋନି କୀଟ (a lecherous person) · fi hamesankari (a lecherous person) · de Lüstling (a lecherous person) · cmn 登徒子 (a lecherous person) · fi häntäheikki (a lecherous person) · es libidinoso (a lecherous person) · nl geilaard (a lecherous person) · ja 助け平 (a lecherous person) · fi pukki (a lecherous person) · la sellārius (a lecherous person) · is saurlífisseggur (a lecherous person) · ru блудни́ца (a lecherous person) · fi naistenmies (a lecherous person) · pt depravado (a lecherous person) · fi irstailija (a lecherous person) · bg развратник (a lecherous person) · fr obsédé (a lecherous person) · nl schuinsmarcheerder (a lecherous person) · ru распу́тник (a lecherous person) · ru распу́тница (a lecherous person) · es lascivo (a lecherous person) · fr pervers (a lecherous person) · nl rasversierder (a lecherous person) · it depravato (a lecherous person) · it mandrillo (a lecherous person) · pt devasso (a lecherous person) · cmn 好色之徒 (a lecherous person) · ru развра́тница (a lecherous person) · it pervertito (a lecherous person) · it libertino (a lecherous person) · de Wüstling (a lecherous person) · cmn 色狼 (a lecherous person) · cmn 色鬼 (a lecherous person) · ru развра́тник (a lecherous person) · de Lustmolch (a lecherous person)

lecher en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. To practice lewdness.

Forms