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lech⋅er

  [lech-er]
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–noun
1. a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
–verb (used without object)
2. to engage in lechery.
Origin:
1125–75; ME lech(o)ur < AF; OF lecheor glutton, libertine, equiv. to lech(ier) to lick (< Gmc; cf. OHG leccōn to lick ) + -eor -or 2
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lech·er   (lěch'ər)   
n.  A man given to lechery.

[Middle English, from Old French lecheor, from lechier, to lick, to live in debauchery, of Germanic origin; see leigh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

lecher 
c.1175, from O.Fr. lecheor "one living a life of debauchery," esp. "one given to sexual indulgence," lit. "licker," agent noun from lechier "to lick, to live in debauchery or gluttony," from Frank. *likkon, from P.Gmc. *likkojan "to lick" (see lick). Noun lech "strong desire" is a 1796 back-formation.
"The priests had excellent cause to forbid us lechery: this injunction, by reserving to them acquaintance with and absolution for these private sins, gave them an incredible ascendancy over women, and opened up to them a career of lubricity whose scope knew no limits." [Marquis de Sade]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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