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louche

[loosh] Example Sentences Origin

louche

[loosh]
adjective
dubious; shady; disreputable.

Origin:
1810–20; < French: literally, cross-eyed; Old French losche, feminine of lois < Latin luscus blind in one eye
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Louche is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example Sentences
  • There was a time when those two words didn't suggest anything particularly louche or unsavory.
  • Lorimer inhabits a world of crooks with blow-torches and louche society butterflies.
  • But there is a louche charm here too, and the performers' good looks don't hurt.
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louche (luːʃ)
 
adj
shifty or disreputable
 
[C19: from French, literally: squinting]

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Word Origin & History

louche
from Fr. louche "squinting," from O.Fr. lousche (12c.), from L. lusca, fem. of luscus "one-eyed," of unknown origin.
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