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louche

[loosh]
–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)   
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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