lecher
pronunciation
How to pronounce lecher in British English:
UK [ˈletʃə(r)]
How to pronounce lecher in American English:
US [ˈlɛtʃɚ]
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- Noun:
- man with strong sexual desires
Word Origin
- lecher
- lecher: [12] Etymologically, a lecher is a ‘licker’. English borrowed the word from Old French lecheor, a derivative of the verb lechier ‘lick’, which was used figuratively for ‘live a life of debauchery’. This in turn came from Frankish *likkōn, a descendant of the same prehistoric Germanic source as English lick [OE]. The inspiration of the metaphor, which originally encompassed the pleasures of the table as well as of the bed, was presumably the tongue as an organ of sensual gratification.=> lick
- lecher (n.)
- "man given to excessive sexual indulgence," late 12c., from Old French lecheor (Modern French lécheur) "one living a life of debauchery," especially "one given to sexual indulgence," literally "licker," agent noun from lechier "to lick, to live in debauchery or gluttony," from Frankish *likkon or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *likkojan "to lick" or some other Germanic source (see lick). The Old French feminine form was lechiere. Middle English, meanwhile, had lickestre "female who licks;" figuratively "a pleasure seeker," literally "lickster."
Example
- 1. Thinks he 's a 75-year old lecher !
- 2. You damned insatiable lecher ! Why are you torturing me again ?
- 3. What are you talking about ? And with the other lecher .