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lickerish

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  • Lickerish — Lick er*ish, a. [Cf. {Lecherous}.] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. The lickerish palate of the glutton. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lickerish — index lascivious, lecherous, prurient, salacious, suggestive (risqué) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lickerish — fond of delicious fare, c.1500, from M.E. likerous pleasing to the palate (late 13c.), from Anglo Fr. *likerous, O.Fr. licherous (see LECHEROUS (Cf. lecherous)). Unlike the French word, it generally kept close to its literal sense …   Etymology dictionary

  • lickerish — [lik′ər ish] adj. [altered < lickerous < ME lykerous < Anglo Fr form of OFr lecheros] 1. Now Rare a) lecherous; lustful; lewd b) greedy or eager, esp. to eat or taste 2. Obs. tempting the appetite …   English World dictionary

  • lickerish — adjective Etymology: alteration of lickerous, from Middle English likerous, probably modification of Anglo French *lekerous, lecherus lecherous, from lechur lecher Date: 14th century 1. greedy, desirous 2. obsolete tempting to the appetite 3.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lickerish — lickerishly, adv. lickerishness, n. /lik euhr ish/, adj. Archaic. 1. fond of and eager for choice food. 2. greedy; longing. 3. lustful; lecherous. Also, liquorish. [1300 50; ME liker(ous) pleasing to the taste, lit., to a licker (see …   Universalium

  • lickerish — Synonyms and related words: animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, appetitive, bawdy, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, desiderative, desireful, desiring, desirous, dirty, eager, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fleshly, goatish,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Lickerish — licorice …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • lickerish — Australian Slang licorice …   English dialects glossary

  • lickerish —  . Greedy, lascivious …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • lickerish — adj. (Archaic) lustful, lascivious; yearning for delicacies; greedy …   English contemporary dictionary

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