lecherous

[ lech-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
2. erotically suggestive; inciting to lust:

   lecherous photographs.

lecherous

/ ˈlɛtʃərəs /

adjective

1. characterized by or inciting lechery

Derived Forms

• ˈlecherously, adverb

Other Words From

• lecher·ous·ly adverb
• lecher·ous·ness noun
• un·lecher·ous adjective
• un·lecher·ous·ly adverb
• un·lecher·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lecherous¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English word from Middle French word lechereus. See lecher, -ous

Example Sentences

Both opera and play distill class warfare down to the aristocratic household, where two just-married servants foil the lecherous count’s scheme to exercise jus primae noctis — right of the first night — on the wife.

From Salon

Orgon, a wealthy bourgeois who has taken a much younger second wife, signs over his soul to Tartuffe, a lecherous swindler who poses as a saint while pursuing a diabolical agenda.

From Los Angeles Times

"Male photographer at Oliver Awards asking Hannah Waddingham to 'show leg' is lecherous stuff," one user wrote.

From Salon

As Salon's Amanda Marcotte has pointed out repeatedly, many evangelical Christians are devoted to Trump specifically because he’s a lecherous womanizer with a long history of apparent sexual misconduct:

From Salon

A few months into the reprisal, however, the tenor of Lily’s — and therefore Vayntrub’s — reception abruptly veered from benign tolerance to lecherous malevolence.

From New York Times