The word "lecherousnesses" is spelled with two suffixes, "-ousness" and "-es" added to the base word "lecherous." The phonetic transcription for the word is /ˈlɛtʃərəs.nəs.ɪz/. The first syllable "letch" is pronounced as in "let," followed by a schwa sound in the second syllable "ər", and ending with "usness" and "iz" sounds in the third and fourth syllables respectively. The word is often used to describe someone who has strong sexual desires and behaves inappropriately.
The word lecherousnesses is derived from the following:
1. Lecherous: This term comes from the Middle English word lecher, which means lustful or pleasure-seeking. The Middle English word itself is derived from the Old French word lecheor, meaning to lick or to lick up. It originally referred to someone who was indulging in excessive sensual pleasures.
2. -ness: The suffix -ness in English is used to form abstract nouns indicating a state, quality, or condition. In this case, it is added to lecherous to create lecherousness, which denotes the state or quality of being lecherous or lustful.
3. -es: The final suffix -es is added to the end of lecherousness to indicate the plural form, resulting in lecherousnesses.