louche
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louche 
[loosh] Pronunciation Key
[loosh] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| dubious; shady; disreputable. |
[Origin: 1810–20; < F: lit., cross-eyed; OF losche, fem. of lois < L luscus blind in one eye]
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| louche
(lōōsh) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent: "The rebuilt [Moscow hotel] is home to the flashy, louche Western disco Manhattan Express" (Liesl Schillinger). [French, from Old French losche, squint-eyed, feminine of lois, from Latin luscus, blind in one eye.] |
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| louche | |
adjective | |
| of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" |
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