lecherousadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɛtʃ(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˈlɛtʃ(ə)rəs/

Forms: Middle English licheros, lycher(o)us, le(t)cherouse, Middle English leccherous, Middle English–1500s licherous, Middle English lychorous, luchrus, Middle English–1500s lichorous, 1500s lecheros, lecherus, licharus, leicherous, 1500s–1700s letcherous, Middle English– lecherous.

Etymology: < Old French lecheros, etc., < lecheur lecher n.¹: see -ous suffix. Compare lickerous adj.

archaic.

a. Addicted to lechery.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous

lecherous1303

lickerous1377

cocky1549

cockish?1555

lickering1578

codding1594

salt1598

lickerish1599

rewish1617

tentiginous1631

liquorsome1656

salacious1661

lechering1693

horny1889

horn-mad1893

tomcat1899

whorehopping1954

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7989 Þys was a prest ryȝt amerous—And amerous men are leccherous.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 69 Men er so prowde, so enuyous, so grete glotouns, and so licherous.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 628 As hoot he was, and lecherous as a Sparwe.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 134 He said he was ane licherus bull That croynd baith day and nycht.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Ee.ij/2 Nero that beast and leacherous monster.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 583 Remorslesse, trecherous, lecherous, kindlesse villaine.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 79 Semiramis..a lecherous and bloudie woman was worshipped by the name of the Syrian Goddesse.

1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta II. xviii*. 21 Lazy, lying, lecherous monks.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 125 Thy murderous, and lecherous race Have sat too long i' the holy place.

b. Of action, thought, etc.: Consisting in or characterized by lechery.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous > specifically of action, etc.

lecherousc1330

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 65 Licheros lif þei led.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 194 Ich had lykynge to lauhe of lecherous tales.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxxvii. 872 If þis stoon is yhonged aboute þe nekke, it..chasteþ lechcherous moeuynges, and makeþ good mynde.

a1400–50 Alexander 4328 And to na licherous lustes leeue ve oure membris.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 16 Thay..thinkkis lichorous thochttis.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 216 Ȝit war his factis sa lichorus.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saffreté, wanton dallying, leacherous ieasting, lasciuious toying.

1884 Christian Treasury Feb. 97/2 Absalom's plot to assassinate his eldest brother had no justification in the lecherous crime of that guilty brother.

c. Of drink, etc.: Inciting to lechery.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > inciting to lust or lechery

lecherousa1382

provocatoryc1443

provocative?a1505

lascivious1589

libidinous1601

flesh-enraging?1605

lustful?1610

tentiginous1684

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xx. 1 A leccherous thing win.

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 221.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 25 Loth in hus lyue thorw lecherouse drynke Wykkydlich wroghte.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 152 He sett out sum leicherous lawis, that his flagitious gaird..mycht haue occasione frilie to louse a brydle to al thair appetites.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Lecherous stuffe, poudre agrippine. [ Cotgr., Pouldre Agrippine, any meat, that prouokes, or enables, vnto lust.]

†2. = lickerous adj.:

a. fond of good living, gluttonous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > gluttonous

freckc950

egernec1200

gluttonous1340

glutterous1382

lecherous1480

pampereda1529

glutton1532

draffsacked1548

gourmand1557

pampering1562

guttish1567

ingluvious1569

belly-fed1574

lurching1577

gulling1579

lickerous-mouthed1579

gully-gut1582

gormandizing1596

belly-devout1599

guttling1633

helluous1641

gulous1657

belly-proud1675

gut-led1682

gulligutted1694

poke pudding1705

ungodly1746

ventripotent1823

ventripotential1824

guttlesome1861

1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 31 Car elle est moult gloutee. For she is moche lichorous.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 228 With gluttony and lichorous appetyte.

b. (of food) rich, dainty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > strong-tasting

strongeOE

stithc1000

violenta1398

tartc1405

froughc1420

high?c1430

lecherous1474

strong1588

brusque1601

valiant1607

pertish1635

haut-goût1645

full-flavoured1736

lively1770

gamey1820

ory1854

zestful?1855

robust1873

tangy1875

stewy1895

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > rich or luxurious

rich1340

lecherous1474

gaudy1540

voluptuous1544

high1616

genteel1660

decadent1967

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 131 The sight of the noble and lichorous metis.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xix. 38 How they ought not..to yeue flesshe, ne lychorous metes to the houndes.

Derivatives

ˈlecherously adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] > lecherously

lecherlikea1325

lecherlyc1540

lecherously1972

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 128 Þe guode mannes zone þet..leuede lecherusliche.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xv. 13 There he wastide his substaunce in lyuynge leccherously.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1651 One leccherously lyving consumes his substaunce.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Luxuriosamente Lecherouslie.

1972 Daily Tel. 12 May 12/8 Amorous delusions concerning..a lecherously attentive neighbour and her kindly but pre-occupied husband.

ˈlecherousness n.

ΚΠ

1551 Bible (Matthew's) Isa. lvi. Notes They were..dryuen into y^e profounde and deepe sleepe of ygnoraunce, of idlenes, of lecherousnesse, and of pride.

1896 Minutes National Council Congregational Churches U.S. 1895 138 Laws against all manner of lecherousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lecherous
释义	lecherousadj. Brit. /ˈlɛtʃ(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˈlɛtʃ(ə)rəs/ Forms: Middle English licheros, lycher(o)us, le(t)cherouse, Middle English leccherous, Middle English–1500s licherous, Middle English lychorous, luchrus, Middle English–1500s lichorous, 1500s lecheros, lecherus, licharus, leicherous, 1500s–1700s letcherous, Middle English– lecherous. Etymology: < Old French lecheros, etc., < lecheur lecher n.¹: see -ous suffix. Compare lickerous adj. archaic. 1. a. Addicted to lechery. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous lecherous1303 lickerous1377 cocky1549 cockish?1555 lickering1578 codding1594 salt1598 lickerish1599 rewish1617 tentiginous1631 liquorsome1656 salacious1661 lechering1693 horny1889 horn-mad1893 tomcat1899 whorehopping1954 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7989 Þys was a prest ryȝt amerous—And amerous men are leccherous. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 69 Men er so prowde, so enuyous, so grete glotouns, and so licherous. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 628 As hoot he was, and lecherous as a Sparwe. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 134 He said he was ane licherus bull That croynd baith day and nycht. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. iii. sig. Ee.ij/2 Nero that beast and leacherous monster. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 583 Remorslesse, trecherous, lecherous, kindlesse villaine. View more context for this quotation 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 79 Semiramis..a lecherous and bloudie woman was worshipped by the name of the Syrian Goddesse. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta II. xviii. 21 Lazy, lying, lecherous monks. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life* 125 Thy murderous, and lecherous race Have sat too long i' the holy place. b. Of action, thought, etc.: Consisting in or characterized by lechery. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous > specifically of action, etc. lecherousc1330 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 65 Licheros lif þei led. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 194 Ich had lykynge to lauhe of lecherous tales. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxxvii. 872 If þis stoon is yhonged aboute þe nekke, it..chasteþ lechcherous moeuynges, and makeþ good mynde. a1400–50 Alexander 4328 And to na licherous lustes leeue ve oure membris. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 16 Thay..thinkkis lichorous thochttis. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 216 Ȝit war his factis sa lichorus. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Saffreté, wanton dallying, leacherous ieasting, lasciuious toying. 1884 Christian Treasury Feb. 97/2 Absalom's plot to assassinate his eldest brother had no justification in the lecherous crime of that guilty brother. c. Of drink, etc.: Inciting to lechery. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > inciting to lust or lechery lecherousa1382 provocatoryc1443 provocative?a1505 lascivious1589 libidinous1601 flesh-enraging?1605 lustful?1610 tentiginous1684 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xx. 1 A leccherous thing win. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 221. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 25 Loth in hus lyue thorw lecherouse drynke Wykkydlich wroghte. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 152 He sett out sum leicherous lawis, that his flagitious gaird..mycht haue occasione frilie to louse a brydle to al thair appetites. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Lecherous stuffe, poudre agrippine. [ Cotgr., Pouldre Agrippine, any meat, that prouokes, or enables, vnto lust.] †2. = lickerous adj.: a. fond of good living, gluttonous. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [adjective] > gluttonous freckc950 egernec1200 gluttonous1340 glutterous1382 lecherous1480 pampereda1529 glutton1532 draffsacked1548 gourmand1557 pampering1562 guttish1567 ingluvious1569 belly-fed1574 lurching1577 gulling1579 lickerous-mouthed1579 gully-gut1582 gormandizing1596 belly-devout1599 guttling1633 helluous1641 gulous1657 belly-proud1675 gut-led1682 gulligutted1694 poke pudding1705 ungodly1746 ventripotent1823 ventripotential1824 guttlesome1861 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 31 Car elle est moult gloutee. For she is moche lichorous. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 228 With gluttony and lichorous appetyte. b. (of food) rich, dainty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > strong-tasting strongeOE stithc1000 violenta1398 tartc1405 froughc1420 high?c1430 lecherous1474 strong1588 brusque1601 valiant1607 pertish1635 haut-goût1645 full-flavoured1736 lively1770 gamey1820 ory1854 zestful?1855 robust1873 tangy1875 stewy1895 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > rich or luxurious rich1340 lecherous1474 gaudy1540 voluptuous1544 high1616 genteel1660 decadent1967 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vi. 131 The sight of the noble and lichorous metis. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xix. 38 How they ought not..to yeue flesshe, ne lychorous metes to the houndes. Derivatives ˈlecherously adv. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] > lecherously lecherlikea1325 lecherlyc1540 lecherously1972 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 128 Þe guode mannes zone þet..leuede lecherusliche. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xv. 13 There he wastide his substaunce in lyuynge leccherously. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1651 One leccherously lyving consumes his substaunce. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Luxuriosamente Lecherouslie. 1972 Daily Tel. 12 May 12/8 Amorous delusions concerning..a lecherously attentive neighbour and her kindly but pre-occupied husband. ˈlecherousness n. ΚΠ 1551 Bible (Matthew's) Isa. lvi. Notes They were..dryuen into y^e profounde and deepe sleepe of ygnoraunce, of idlenes, of lecherousnesse, and of pride. 1896 Minutes National Council Congregational Churches U.S. 1895 138 Laws against all manner of lecherousness. 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