as in desire
sexual appetite
a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for women
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Noun
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This piece includes a lot of adornments and beautiful items, Yang places the gold finger at the bottom of the work to literally ‘point out’ the danger of placing value on the wrong things, this is King Midas’s finger - who famously was confronted with the dangerous reality of his desires.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025 -
Multicolored mesh totes shine bright under the beam of The Row’s glowing aura, a brand that has a knack for turning unsuspecting staples into objects of mass desire no matter how boldly priced.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Their steadfast passion for making exceptional whisky established the foundation for the distillery's distinguished legacy.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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February 2025 Knight of Wands: The full moon in Leo on February 24 will supercharge your creativity and passion, making this the perfect month to take bold risks in love, art, or personal projects.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 July 2025
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The script is sassy and fun and the cast — Nadler, Helene Udy, Sandra Cruze, Ethan Corn, Jessica Kinsella, Ty Chen and Maya Worthy — make for most pleasant company as Josh grapples with grief, lust and the realization that perfection is indeed an illusion.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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This powerful introduction sets the tone for an astonishing and brave exhibition which delves deep into the psyche of the artist and addresses universal themes of love, lust, loss, illness and fear.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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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
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Men who preyed on younger women were called letches, cradle-robbers, dogs.—
Jill Ciment,
Harper's magazine,
10 June 2019
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“Lech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lech. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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