English Dictionary: lickerish | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lickerish \Lick"er*ish\, a. [Cf. {Lecherous}.] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. [bd]The lickerish palate of the glutton.[b8] --Bp. Hall. 2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. [bd]Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.[b8] --Milton. 3. Lecherous; lustful. --Robert of Brunne. -- {Lick"er*ish*ly}, adv. -- {Lick"er*ish*ness}, n. |