Louche is an adjective used to describe someone of questionable character, who is dubious or disreputable. The word's origins are in French and Latin, related to the idea of being cross-eyed.
Louche is an adjective describing someone of questionable character or disreputable, stemming from French and Latin origins related to being cross-eyed.
| Front | louche \LOOSH\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective Of questionable character; dubious; disreputable. [From French louche (cross-eyed), from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus (one-eyed).] "They wanted her to be a dancer, but the teenage Bardot fell in with the louche and devious film-maker Roger Vadim, and became the notorious Girl In A Bikini instead." - Adam Sweeting; Zouzou Exposed; The Guardian (UK); Nov 7, 1998. |
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