letch

noun

1
: craving
specifically : sexual desire
2
[by shortening & alteration] : lecher

Examples of letch in a Sentence

a sudden letch for chocolate they clearly have a letch for each other, but it might not develop into anything more lasting
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Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges. Terrance Hayes, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019 Men who preyed on younger women were called letches, cradle-robbers, dogs. Jill Ciment, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 Was White going to break down and admit he’s a letch? David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from letcher, alteration of lecher

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of letch was in 1757

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Cite this Entry

“Letch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letch. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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