Dictionary

lecherous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ɚ.əs/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English lecherous, licherous, from Old French *lecherous (attested in Old French lecherousement (“lecherously”)), from Old French lecherie, licherie (“gluttony, sensuality, lewdness, lechery”), from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekkōn, *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick.

Meanings

1. Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
   • Adam was a perfectly satisfactory dinner companion, if not a bit damp and blandly lecherous (he revealed he had looked at my Instagram before we met and “really liked the photos of me in a bathing suit.”) And now, standing on the street corner, it was unclear how I was going to walk away from this without an awkward shutdown. 2016 March 21, Allison P. Davies, “What I Learned Tindering My Way Across Europe”, in Travel + Leisure, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018:

Forms

Deriveds

lecherously · unlecherous · lecherousness

Relateds

lecher

Translations (55)

fi rietas (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · hu züllött (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · da kåd (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · is lostafullur (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · da liderlig (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · oc libertin (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it licenzioso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · grc λάγνος (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · es libidinoso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · is kynósa (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it lascivo (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · bg развратен (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · ru похотли́вый (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · cs vilný (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · az pozğun (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it mandrillo (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it libertino (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · pt lascivo (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · es lascivo (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · es libertino (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · ru развра́тный (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · fr lubrique (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · el λάγνος (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · gl luxurioso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · gl burdallo (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · gl godalleiro (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it libidinoso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · es lujurioso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · yue 鹹濕 /咸湿 (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · oc gorrin (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · ceb uwagan (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · la libīdinōsus (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · da lysten (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · la cupidus (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · az şəhvətpərəst (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · sv lysten (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · fi irstas (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · nl wellustig (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · az azğın (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · es licencioso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · sv liderlig (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · ru блудли́вый (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · ru распу́тный (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · cs chlípný (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · az yava (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · az əxlaqsız (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · it lussurioso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · de lüstern (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · sv vällustig (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · pt libidinoso (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · gl lúbrico (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · la salax (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · el ασελγής (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · grc μάχλος (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities) · gl bagaxa (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities)