loucheadj.

Brit.

/luːʃ/, U.S.

/luʃ/

Etymology: < French louche squinting, Old French lousche, originally only feminine < Latin lusca, feminine of luscus one-eyed.

Oblique, not straightforward. Also, dubious, shifty, disreputable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

sinister?1455

indirect1570

undirect1594

involved1612

obliquous1614

unstraight1650

back-handed1800

tortuous1801

twistical1805

louche1819

hooky-crooky1833

underhand1842

twisty1857

underhanded1864

bent1914

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

hinderyeapc1000

yepec1000

foxc1175

slya1200

hinderc1200

quaint?c1225

wrenchfulc1225

wiltfula1250

wilyc1330

subtle1340

cautelous138.

sleightful1380

subtile1387

enginousa1393

wilfula1400

wilyc1407

sleighty1412

serpentinec1422

ginnousa1425

wittya1425

semyc1440

artificial?a1475

sleight1495

slapea1500

shrewdc1525

craftly1526

foxy1528

gleering?1533

foxish1535

insidious1545

vafrous1548

wily beguile1550

wilely1556

fine1559

todly1571

practic1585

subdolous1588

captious1590

witryff1598

cautel1606

cunninga1616

versute1616

shiftfula1618

artificious1624

insidiary1625

canny1628

lapwing-like1638

pawky?a1640

tricksome1648

callid1656

versutious1660

artful1663

slim1674

dexterous1701

trickish1705

supple1710

slid1719

vulpinary1721

tricksy1766

trickful1775

sneck-drawing1786

tricky1786

louche1819

sneck-drawn1820

slyish1828

vulpine1830

kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute

unhonesta1382

ill-famed1483

scoury?a1513

renownless1552

uncredited1586

bankrupt1601

discredited1605

disopinioned1622

creditless1660

unreputable1688

irreputable1709

low-lifed?1750

louche1819

characterless1825

disreputable1828

pikey1838

shady1862

lowlife1939

sleazoid1976

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > not straightforward

crooked?c1225

indirect1570

undirect1594

involved1612

unstraight1650

obliquous1757

tortuous1801

twistical1805

louche1819

hooky-crooky1833

sinuous1850

twisty1905

1819 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 318 There is some~thing louche about him, which does not accord with the abandon of careless, intimate intercourse.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxi. 312 There's something louche regarding him.

1873 G. H. Lewes Diary 16 Jan. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) V. 368 The whole thing appeared louche and unpromising.

1905 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 53 You could play Snobby. I want a slim, louche, servant-girl-bigamist, half-handsome sort of rascal.

1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow xvii. 182 There had seemed to be something a little louche in the way she had suddenly found herself alone with Ivor.

1945 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror ii. 46 A quick cold clasp now and then in some louche hovel.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 236 I knew of a louche little bar quite near here.

1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xlviii. 328 As if he were an unfrocked priest due for reception into the world of the louche and the lost.

1970 Times Mar. (Saturday Suppl.) p. iv/6 There is plenty of marvellous delicate comedy and superbly louche menace.

1974 Daily Tel. 14 June (Colour Suppl.) 30/4 His louche greeting, ‘Ladeez and Gentlemen’ was a byword among..BBC Light Programme listeners.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	louche
释义	loucheadj. Brit. /luːʃ/, U.S. /luʃ/ Etymology: < French louche squinting, Old French lousche, originally only feminine < Latin lusca, feminine of luscus one-eyed. Oblique, not straightforward. Also, dubious, shifty, disreputable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adjective] crooked?c1225 sinister?1455 indirect1570 undirect1594 involved1612 obliquous1614 unstraight1650 back-handed1800 tortuous1801 twistical1805 louche1819 hooky-crooky1833 underhand1842 twisty1857 underhanded1864 bent1914 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute unhonesta1382 ill-famed1483 scoury?a1513 renownless1552 uncredited1586 bankrupt1601 discredited1605 disopinioned1622 creditless1660 unreputable1688 irreputable1709 low-lifed?1750 louche1819 characterless1825 disreputable1828 pikey1838 shady1862 lowlife1939 sleazoid1976 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > not straightforward crooked?c1225 indirect1570 undirect1594 involved1612 unstraight1650 obliquous1757 tortuous1801 twistical1805 louche1819 hooky-crooky1833 sinuous1850 twisty1905 1819 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 318 There is some~thing louche about him, which does not accord with the abandon of careless, intimate intercourse. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxi. 312 There's something louche regarding him. 1873 G. H. Lewes Diary 16 Jan. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1956) V. 368 The whole thing appeared louche and unpromising. 1905 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 53 You could play Snobby. I want a slim, louche, servant-girl-bigamist, half-handsome sort of rascal. 1921 A. Huxley Crome Yellow xvii. 182 There had seemed to be something a little louche in the way she had suddenly found herself alone with Ivor. 1945 W. H. Auden Sea & Mirror ii. 46 A quick cold clasp now and then in some louche hovel. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 236 I knew of a louche little bar quite near here. 1959 P. H. Johnson Humbler Creation xlviii. 328 As if he were an unfrocked priest due for reception into the world of the louche and the lost. 1970 Times Mar. (Saturday Suppl.) p. iv/6 There is plenty of marvellous delicate comedy and superbly louche menace. 1974 Daily Tel. 14 June (Colour Suppl.) 30/4 His louche greeting, ‘Ladeez and Gentlemen’ was a byword among..BBC Light Programme listeners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819
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