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letchy

letchy is the alternative form of lechy.

Meaning of lechy

Adjective

lechy (comparative more lechy, superlative most lechy)

  1. (informal) Like a lech; lecherous, tawdrily lustful.
    • The brilliantly senile Arthur, along with Doug’s lechy, creepy friend Spence (the pro stand-up Patton Oswalt), present a fair challenge to his frankness and naïveté.2007 January 3, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey! Never Underestimate the Average Joe”, in New York Times

Forms of letchy

comparativemore letchy
superlativemost letchy

Origin of letchy

From letch + -y.

Questions about letchy

What is letchy the alternative form of?
Letchy is the alternative form of lechy.

Words near letchy in the dictionary

  1. letching
  2. letchoo
  3. Letchworth
  4. Letchworth Garden City
  5. Letchworths
  6. letchy
  7. letchya
  8. letdown
  9. letdowns
  10. Letea Veche
  11. leteisi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: letchy (page history and authors); lechy (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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