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lecher

lec·her

UK/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/ US/ˈlɛtʃɜr/ rare

noun

1.

man with strong sexual desires

Origin

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.

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