letchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /lɛt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ɛtʃ

語源 1

See lech, lecher.

名詞

letch (plural letches)

1. (archaic) Strong desire; passion.
   • 1830, Thomas De Quincey, Life of Richard Bentley (review)

     Some people have a letch for unmasking impostors, or for avenging the wrongs of others.

2. (informal) A lecher.

動詞

letch (third-person singular simple present letches, present participle letching, simple past and past participle letched)

1. Alternative form of lech (“to behave lecherously”)

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 leche, for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in North Tyneside.

名詞

letch (plural letches)

1. A stream or pool in boggy land.

   The Letch near Killingworth Village flows in two branches: the Longbenton Letch and the Forest Hall Letch.

語源 3

名詞

letch (plural letches)

1. Alternative form of leach

動詞

letch (third-person singular simple present letches, present participle letching, simple past and past participle letched)

1. Alternative form of leach

参照

• “letch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.