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Word Meanings - LECHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women. (more info) glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. lécher; of

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  • GLUTTONY
    Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.
  • INDULGENCE
    Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of
  • ILLICIT
    Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure. One illicit . . . transaction always leads to another. Burke. -- Il*lic"it*ly, adv. -- Il*lic"it*ness, n. (more info) licere to be allowed
  • ADDICT
    Addicted; devoted.
  • LIBERTINE
    A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
  • DESIREFUL
    Filled with desire; eager. The desireful troops. Godfrey .
  • GLUTTONOUS
    Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.
  • WOMEN
    pl. of Woman.
  • SEXUALLY
    In a sexual manner or relation.
  • EXCESSIVE
    Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
  • GLUTTONIZE
    To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.
  • GIVEN
    p. p. & a. from Give, v.
  • DEGREE
    A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third
  • DESIRER
    One who desires, asks, or wishes.
  • ADDICTEDNESS
    The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
  • DESIRELESS
    Free from desire. Donne.
  • DESIREFULNESS
    The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. Udall.
  • SEXUALITY
    The quality or state of being distinguished by sex. Lindley.
  • PARASITE
    1. One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant. Thou, with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obey'st. Milton. Parasites were called
  • COMMERCE
    1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive
  • ASEXUALIZATION
    The act or process of sterilizing an animal or human being, as by vasectomy.
  • ASEXUALLY
    In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.
  • MICROPARASITE
    A parasitic microörganism. -- Mi`cro*par`a*sit"ic , a.
  • SUPPARASITE
    To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. Dr. R. Clerke.
  • YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
  • FORGIVENESS
    1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. 2. Disposition to pardon;
  • ASEXUAL
    Having no distinct; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.
  • DESIRE
    sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the 1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24. Ye desire your child to live. Tennyson. 2. To express a wish
  • NONSEXUAL
    Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

 

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