[ adj ] given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity <adj.all> a lecherous gleam in his eyea lecherous good-for-nothing
Lecherous \Lech"er*ous\, a. Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; excessively lustful; -- used mostly of men; also, lust-provoking. ``A lecherous thing is wine.'' --Chaucer. -- {Lech"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Lech"er*ous*ness}, n.
The colonists include a lecherous middle-aged writer, a musician who composes works for piano and alarm clock, and Ruth Dershowitz, a talentless writer-wannabe whose main qualification for residency is her romance with Septima's son, Saxby.
Below stairs, an entire petty larceny of servants cheat their way through life. Behind Grub Street lies Fielding's satire of the dim George II, the pretentious Queen Caroline and their lecherous son Frederick Prince of Wales.
Another, called "Market Place," shows a Bruegelesque clutter of shifty merchants and lecherous traders eyeing women who sell rabbits and geese.
Thank God it was not busy." American women see most men as lecherous, egotistical slobs.