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lecherous

adjective

lech·​er·​ous ˈle-chə-rəs How to pronounce lecherous (audio)
ˈlech-rəs
: given to or suggestive of lechery
a lecherous lawyer hitting on his son's girlfriend Dick Friedman & Mike Lipton
lecherously adverb
lecherousness noun

Example Sentences

most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action
Recent Examples on the Web The lecherous turtle, being nearsighted, keeps making passes at plastic hard hats. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 28 July 2022 There’s a fiery diss track in which Girls5eva dump their lecherous manager, Larry Plumb. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2022 The baritone Quinn Kelsey, a Met stalwart for over a decade, had a breakthrough as the jester Rigoletto, part of the retinue of the lecherous Duke of Mantua. New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022 In Pamela, a servant girl chronicles her efforts to escape the clutches of her lecherous employer, then gets rewarded for her virtue by enticing the beaten aristocrat to marry her. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021 Thinking back to the earliest seasons, Kiesha was always the target of lecherous older men. Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021 That was my career experience for a long time: navigating lecherous men who had power over me. Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2021 Who knows if your boyfriend is a COVID cheater who would have never strayed without the stress of a pandemic; or a once-a-cheater, always-a-cheater, dooming you to recycled heartbreak; or, hopefully, a one-and-done who learned his lecherous lesson. Author: Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2021 Samantha Stonecipher brings a funny, millennial vibe to the Siren (and two other small roles), and Alexander LaPlante deserves praise for making a lecherous former classmate of Rose’s more funny than creepy, no easy feat. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lecherous was in the 14th century

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