Lecherous Definition
lĕchər-əs
adjective
Given to, characterized by, or stimulating to lechery.
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Origin of Lecherous
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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 (“to lick"), from Proto-Germanic *likkōnÄ… (“to lick"), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick"), equivalent to lecher +"Ž -ous. More at lick.
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