lickerish

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lickerish. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lickerish, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lickerish in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lickerish you have here. The definition of the word lickerish will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflickerish, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lickerish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

Probably an alteration of lickerous.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lickerish (comparative more lickerish, superlative most lickerish)

  1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
  2. Lecherous; lustful, mawkish.
    • 1922, T. S. Stribling, “The Web of the Sun”, in Adventure, Chapter 3:
      Birdsong, who followed the Colombian, stopped his hymn singing at this lickerish pantomime and watched his fellow muleteer in righteous disapproval. Condemnation was written in the Arkansan's very back and stride.
  3. Tempting the appetite; dainty.
  4. (Northern England) Sweet, luscious.
  5. During mating season.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia