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Letch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A strong, especially sexual desire or craving.

n. A lecher.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Strong desire; passion.

n. Someone with an overly strong sexual desire.

n. A stream or pool in boggy land.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. See leach.

n. Strong desire; passion; especially, lust.

n. A lecher.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Same as leach.

n. Same as leach.

n. An almost stagnant ditch.

n. Strong desire; an itching; a crotchet.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. man with strong sexual desires

Word Usage

"It takes a good deal of time to explain why a harassed lawyer, his domineering mother-in-law, narcoleptic uncle, his ex-cook and a fellow legal letch should all arrive at a Parisian lovenest on the same night."

Verb Form

letches letching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

deviate degenerate pervert deviant

Variant

leach

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

passion