louche - 2 dictionary results
louche
[loosh] 
–adjective
| dubious; shady; disreputable. |
Origin:
1810–20; < F: lit., cross-eyed; OF losche, fem. of lois < L luscus blind in one eye
1810–20; < F: lit., cross-eyed; OF losche, fem. of lois < L luscus blind in one eye
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| louche (lōōsh) 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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