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lechery

/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.əɹ.i/

lechery noun: inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.

Noun

lechery (countable and uncountable, plural lecheries)

  1. Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.
    • Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an...1916 March, “Criticisms and Notes: Burgess: The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty”, in American Ecclesiastical Review, volume LIV, number 3, Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press, pages 373–374
    • The seeds and roots of the water lily are likewise considered a preventative against lechery.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 16
    Synonyms:
    lewdness

lechery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

lechery in Hindi

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
ऐयाशी aiyāśī, वासना vāsnā

lechery in Tamil

சிற்றின்ப நடத்தை

lechery in Urdu

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
واسنا vāsnā

lechery in Arabic

Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
فَحْشَاء faḥšāʔ, فِسْق fisq, شَهْوَة šahwa, رَغْبَة raḡba

Examples of lechery in a sentence

  • There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII.1916 March, “Criticisms and Notes: Burgess: The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty”, in American Ecclesiastical Review, volume LIV...
  • And it’s not just down to lechery – even, say, someone who opted out of dating the be-penised around 10 years ago looked at all of these things – you bet I looked.2016 August 5, Phoebe-Jane Boyd, “Does Orlando Bloom’s pixellated penis rectify Hollywood’s double standards?”, in The Guardian:

Synonyms of lechery

Forms of lechery

plurallecheries

Origin of lechery

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

Questions about lechery

What does lechery mean?
Lechery means inordinate indulgence in sexual activity.
What is lechery in Hindi?
Lechery in Hindi is ऐयाशी (aiyāśī), वासना (vāsnā). See Lechery meaning in Hindi.
How do you use lechery in a sentence?
There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII.
What part of speech is lechery?
Lechery is a noun.
How do you pronounce lechery?
Lechery is pronounced /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.əɹ.i/.
What is the plural of lechery?
The plural of lechery is lecheries.

Words near lechery in the dictionary

  1. lechering
  2. lecherous
  3. lecherously
  4. lecherousness
  5. lechers
  6. lechery
  7. leches
  8. lechfest
  9. lechfests
  10. lechi
  11. leching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lechery (page history and authors); lechery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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