different between lech vs lechery

English

Etymology 1

Backformation from lecher

Alternative forms

• letch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

lech (plural leches)

1. (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
2. (slang) A lecher.

Verb

lech (third-person singular simple present leches, present participle leching, simple past and past participle leched)

1. (slang) To behave lecherously

Etymology 2

Welsh llech (“slate, slab”), from Proto-Celtic *?likk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

lech (plural lechs)

1. The capstone of a cromlech.

Anagrams

• Chel

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [let??]

Noun

lech f (usually uncountable)

1. Apocopic form of leche, milk
   • c. 1200, Alerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12r.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??/

Noun

lech

1. Soft mutation of llech (“slate”).

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Old French and Anglo-Norman lecherie. See lecher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?.??.i/

Noun

lechery (countable and uncountable, plural lecheries)

1. Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

Synonyms

• lewdness

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• lechery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lechery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lechery at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cheerly