LEECHDOM

PRONUNCIATION: (LEECH-duhm)

MEANING: noun: A remedy or medicine.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English laecedom (medicine, healing), from laece (physician). The word for the bloodsucking parasite has a different origin. Earliest documented use: 900.

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LECHDOM - Poland under President Walesa

LETCHDOM - oily and offensive sexual innuendo

LEECHDOME - where bloodsuckers play football

LEACHDOM - the practice of Septic Tank maintenance