Meaning of louche | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
2. Not reputable or decent.
3. Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish.

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Examples

“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.”

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