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Lechery definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LECH'ERY, n. Lewdness; free indulgence of lust; practice of indulging the animal appetite.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century inordinate indulgence in sexual activity ; lasciviousness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. unrestrained indulgence of sexual desire. Etymology: ME f. OF lecherie f. lecheur LECHER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lechery Lech"er*y, n. [OE. lecherie, OF. lecherie. See Lecher.] 1. Free indulgence of lust; lewdness. 2. Selfish pleasure; delight. [Obs.] --Massinger.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Lechery is the behaviour of men who are only interested in women sexually. His lechery made him the enemy of every self-respecting husband and father in the county. [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lewdness, lasciviousness, concupiscence, lust, salacity, salaciousness, lubricity, carnal desire, brutal appetite.

Moby Thesaurus

animality, bawdiness, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, dirtiness, eroticism, eroticomania, erotomania, fleshliness, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hysteromania, lady-killing, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, nymphomania, obscenity, philander, philandering, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexuality, unchastity, uteromania