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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries好色漢
Native Script:日本語
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kōshoku-kan
"彼は周囲からスケベなおっさんだと思われている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who habitually makes offensive or unwanted sexual advances.
"He was known around the office as a total lech who made everyone uncomfortable." - 2
An archaic term formerly used to describe a physician or healer.
"The village lech tended to the wounded knight with herbal remedies."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English leche, meaning physician or healer, originating from Old English læce and Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Over centuries, the noun evolved through historical shifts, also intersecting with colloquial abbreviations of lecherous behaviors in modern slang.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lech" is said worldwide
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obsédé
Transliteration: ob-se-de
"Il se comporte comme un vieil obsédé."
Luder
Transliteration: lu-der
"Er ist ein alter Wüstling."
libidinoso
Transliteration: li-bi-di-no-so
"Non sopporto quel vecchio libidinoso."
verde
Transliteration: ber-de
"Ese hombre es un viejo verde."
tarado
Transliteration: ta-ra-do
"Ele é um tarado que assediava as colegas."
लंपट
Transliteration: lampat
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह आदमी बहुत लंपट स्वभाव का है।"
好色之徒
Transliteration: hào sè zhī tú
Script: 中文汉字
"大家都认为他是一个好色之徒。"
호색가
Transliteration: ho-saek-ga
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 직장에서 호색가로 악명이 높다."
好色漢
Transliteration: kōshoku-kan
Script: 日本語
"彼は周囲からスケベなおっさんだと思われている。"
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