lickerish

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Compare 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

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