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Loll vs Louche - What's the difference?

loll | louche |

As verbs the difference between loll and louche

is that loll is to act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease while louche is to become cloudy when mixed with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect.

As an adjective louche is

of questionable taste or morality; decadent.

loll

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.
  • * Dryden
    • Void of care, he lolls supine in state.
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
    • The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
  • To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
  • * Dryden
    • The triple porter of the Stygian seat, / With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet.
  • To let the tongue hang from the mouth in this way.
    • The ox stood lolling in the furrow.

    Synonyms

    * slack * relax

    louche

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
  • * 2012', "''Upstairs Downstairs'' hosts the Kennedys and Wallis Simpson (these days, in British culture, the archetypal '''louche American)." ( The other half lives, ''The Economist , February 25th)
  • Not reputable or decent.
  • * 1888', "The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very '''louche !" (''The Aspern Papers , Henry James)
  • Raffish, rakish, or unconventional and slightly disreputable, in an attractive manner.
  • * “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.” (The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/fashion/shows/09INTRO.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)

    • Verb

    (louch)
  • (alcoholic beverages) To become cloudy when mixed with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the .
    • Certain anise-flavored drinks have developed a mystique based on the exotic appearance of louching .

    See also

    * (Ouzo effect) ----