Crossword clues for louche
The Collaborative International Dictionary
louche \louche\ adj. of questionable taste, decency, or morality; not reputable; as, a louche nightclub; a louche painting.
Syn: shady.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"dubious, disreputable," 1819, from French louche "squinting," from Old French lousche, lois (12c.) "cross-eyed, squint-eyed, lop-sided," from Latin lusca, fem. of luscus "one-eyed," of unknown origin.
Wiktionary
1 Of questionable taste or morality; decadent. 2 Not reputable or decent. 3 Raffish, rakish, or unconventional and slightly disreputable, in an attractive manner. v
(context intransitive alcoholic beverages English) To become cloudy when mixed with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ouzo%20effect.
WordNet
adj. of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" [syn: shady]
Usage examples of "louche".
The boy Chainer kept glancing to his right at Louche, a sallow Cabalist who had just become the new Master of the Games.
No unseemliness attached itself to me, no hint of cross-dresser bars or ads in the back of louche magazines.
Just yesterday, the last of the parcels had been called for and carted off by the international movers who, after all, had turned out to be Americans hired by the State Department and not louche, cheroot puffing vase-shattering Frenchmen as Lily had feared they might be.
People with guns aren't ready for any kind of resistance and it phases them, but I could be making a mistake with this man and he could get rid of his angst by going for his gun and putting a bullet right through my own pineal gland, louche.