louanger, v.a., to praise up, to flatter, to laud.

louangeu-r, -se, n. and adj., praiser, flatterer, panegyrist; laudatory, eulogistic.

louche, adj., squint-eyed; dubious, doubtful, ambiguous, suspicious, equivocal; not clear; (fig.) (of light) dim, dark; (of weather) foul, thick.

louche, n.m., ambiguity, obscurity; suspicious appearance. Il y a du — dans sa conduite; there is something suspicious in his conduct.

louche, n.f., soup-ladle; dipper.

louchée, n.f., ladleful.

loucher, v.n., to squint.

louchet, n.m., flat spade, mattock.

louchettes, n.f.pl., goggles.

loucheu-r, -se, n.m.f. and adj., squinter, squinting.