US /lɛtʃ/ UK /lɛtʃ/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a lecherous man, or to lust after someone

    The old letch kept eyeing the waitress.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a lecherous man, or to lust... lecherlustcraveogle
Word family
Related forms lecherlecherouslechery

Etymology

A variant and back-formation from lecher / lecherous, from Old French lechier ('to live in debauchery, lick'), of Germanic origin (compare Old High German lecchōn 'to lick').

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