lecherous

Meaning

Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

Synonyms

lustful

lewd

lascivious

salacious

wanton

licentious

libidinous

dissolute

prurient

libertine

debauched

obscene

profligate

concupiscent

loose

lubricious

lubricous

rakish

satyric

sexy

shameless

soiled

unchaste

voluptuous

vulgar

ithyphallic

goatish

nymphomaniacal

bawdily

given to debauchery

blasphemous

coarsely

corrupt

depraved

filthy

gross

horny

hot

🥵

immoral

indecent

lecherously

lewdly

liquorish

Translations

lubrique

lüstern

lujurioso

wollüstig

unzüchtig

geil

wellustig

ακόλαστος

impudique

ασελγής

λάγνος

παραλυμένος

έκλυτος

geil

paillard

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lecherous

Cognate with Old French: lecherousement

In summary

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, *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher + -ous. More at lick.