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lecherous

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lecherous/ˈletʃərəs/

▶adjective having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

– derivatives
lecherously adverb,
lecherousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. lecheros, from lecheor, from lechier ‘live in debauchery or gluttony’, ult. of W. Gmc origin and rel. to lick.

'lecherous' also found in these Oxford entries:

cocky - goat - harlot - lech - lecher - lickerish - ogle - perv

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