lecherous

FREQ #32797

a. 好色的, 引起淫欲的, 纵欲的, 淫荡的

发音

UK /ˈlɛtʃ.ə.ɹəs/
其它
US /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ɚ.əs/

词形变化

more lecherous 比较级 most lecherous 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

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词源

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.

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