lech·er·ous

[lech-er-uhs]
adjective
1.
given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
2.
erotically suggestive; inciting to lust: lecherous photographs.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French lechereus. See lecher, -ous

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
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lecherous (ˈlɛtʃərəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
characterized by or inciting lechery
 
'lecherously
 
adv

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Lecherous is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
And without fail, hordes of lecherous suits line up with their cameras.
Lecherous readers who photographed it were rewarded with additional pictures.
Regis hotel, where he held lecherous court over a coterie of ingénues.
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