louche
/luʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
adj
Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish.
noun
A dubious or disreputable person or thing
Example Sentences
- "Upstairs Downstairs hosts the Kennedys and Wallis Simpson (these days, in British culture, the archetypal louche American)."
- "Ever since X-Men: First Class set the series' clock back a few decades and installed Michael Fassbender's moody Magneto and James McAvoy's louche Charles Xavier as replacements for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart's chess-playing pappies, the big-screen X-Men's central conflict—Xavier's Booker T. Washington-esque School For Gifted Youngsters vs. a rogue's gallery of evil mutants, crew cuts, and politicos—has gotten a lot murkier."
- "My uncle knows something about that fellow—Clavering knows something about him. There’s something louche regarding him."
- "The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very louche!"
- "Anyone inside the business can also tell you that without Carine Roitfeld's louche sexy styling Tom Ford's Gucci might easily have come off looking like a high-end Club Monaco."
- "'That's right,' Joe smiled. 'Loafing about on the Mall with the louche of the town. And, speaking of the louche of the town, don't we have an appointment to interview one or two of them this morning?'"
Etymology
Borrowed from French louche.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /luʃ/
- British English: /luːʃ/