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letch

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letch

[lech] Slang.
noun
1.
a lecherous desire or craving.
2.
a lecher.
3.
any strong desire or liking.
verb (used without object)
4.
to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).

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an infatuation for another person, a crush
Also, lech.


Origin:
1790–1800; probably back formation from lecher
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lech or informal letch (lɛtʃ)
 
vb (usually foll by after)
1.  to behave lecherously (towards); lust (after)
 
n
2.  a lecherous act or indulgence
 
[C19: back formation from lecher]
 
letch or informal letch
 
vb
 
n
 
[C19: back formation from lecher]

letch (lɛtʃ)
 
vb, —n
a variant spelling of lech
 
[C18: perhaps back formation from lecher]

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letch
"craving, longing," 1796, perhaps a back formation from lecher, or from a figurative use of latch (v.) in a secondary sense of "grasp, grasp on to."
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