Definition of Lecherousness

1. Noun. A strong sexual desire.

Exact synonyms: Lust, Lustfulness
Generic synonyms: Concupiscence, Eros, Physical Attraction, Sexual Desire
Derivative terms: Lecherous, Lust, Lusty, Lustful, Lustful, Lustful

Definition of Lecherousness

1. Noun. The property of being lecherous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lecherousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lecherousness

lech after
lechartelierite
lechatelierite
lechayim
lechayims
leched
lecheguilla poisoning
lechered
lecherer
lecherers
lecheries
lechering
lecherously
lecherousness
lecherousnesses
lechers
leches
leching
lechonera
lechoneras
lechs
lechwe
lechwes
lechy
lecithal
lecithin
lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase

Literary usage of Lecherousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists by John Tucker Murray, David Klein, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, William Winter, Rosamond Gilder, Felix Emmanuel Schelling, William Dean Howells, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay, William Randolph Hearst (1908)
"The hero is an utterly contemptible scamp whose very lecherousness wins him the widow for a wife; "the 1 Genest, x, ..."

2. Elizabethan Drama, 1558-1642: A History of the Drama in England from the by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1908)
"The hero is an utterly contemptible scamp whose very lecherousness wins him the widow for a wife; "the 1 Genest, x, ..."

3. The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus by Frederick York Powell, Saxo (1905)
"... the utterance of that wanton question with a shameful wound, and thinking that the lecherousness of her soul ought to be cooled by outrage to her face. ..."

4. The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus by Frederick York Powell, Saxo (1905)
"... the utterance of that wanton question with a shameful wound, a-nd thinking that the lecherousness of her soul ought to be cooled by outrage to her face. ..."

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