English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman lecherie. See lecher.
Pronunciation
Noun
lechery (countable and uncountable, plural lecheries)
- Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.
Synonyms
Translations
Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
- Arabic: فَحْشَاء m (faḥšāʔ), فِسْق m (fisq), شَهْوَة f (šahwa), رَغْبَة f (raḡba)
- Catalan: lubricitat f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 性欲 (zh) (xìngyù), 情欲 (zh) (qíngyù), 淫欲 (zh) (yínyù)
- French: luxure (fr) f
- German: Wollust (de) f
- Hindi: ऐयाशी (hi) f (aiyāśī), वासना (hi) f (vāsnā)
- Japanese: 性欲 (せいよく, seiyoku), 色欲 (しきよく, shikiyoku), 淫欲 (いんよく, in'yoku), 情欲 (じょうよく, jōyoku)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Latin: luxuria f
- Portuguese: lascívia (pt) f, luxúria (pt) f
- Romanian: desfrâu (ro)
- Russian: по́хоть (ru) f (póxotʹ), развра́т (ru) m (razvrát), распу́тство (ru) n (raspútstvo)
- Spanish: lujuria (es) f
- Turkish: çapkınlık (tr), şehvet düşkünlüğü (tr), zamparalık (tr)
- Urdu: واسنا f (vāsnā)
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Further reading
- “lechery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lechery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lechery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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