lechery

1. 1.

   unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

   Broadersexual activity

Other forms of lechery

plural

lecheries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lechery

What does lechery mean?

lechery means "unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity".

How many syllables are in lechery?

lechery has 3 syllables and divides as le-che-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.