lecher

Etymology

From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from lecher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛtʃə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃə(r)

Noun

lecher (plural lechers)

1. A lecherous person (almost always male).

Verb

lecher (third-person singular simple present lechers, present participle lechering, simple past and past participle lechered)

1. To practice lewdness.

Further reading

• lecher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lecher in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• lecher at OneLook Dictionary Search