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Lecher

//ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    man with strong sexual desires wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To practice lewdness.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.

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