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lecher.

A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
  1. A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
  1. To practice lewdness.

Where this word comes from

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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