Lickerish

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
  2. 2
    Lecherous; lustful, mawkish.

    "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. 3
    Tempting the appetite; dainty.

    "I thought of all the lickerish pleasures of Felicity Place."

  4. 4
    Sweet, luscious. Northern-England
  5. 5
    During mating season.

    "Fighting like seals in a lickerish estuary"

Synonyms

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animalaphrodisiomaniacalappetitivearousedbawdybuckish

Antonyms

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tasty

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"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."

Etymology

Probably an alteration of lickerous.

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