English

leechy

From leech + -y.

Formed from leech + -y

Old English lǣċe ‘blood-sucking worm’

Middle English leche ‘blood-sucking worm’

English leech

Today it means

adj Pertaining to or characteristic of a leech.

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Etymograph / leechy

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