Lickerousness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being lickerous.; Fondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire. uncountable
  2. 2
    The state, quality, or condition of being lickerous.; Palate; daintiness of taste. uncountable

    "Thin lips signifieth likerousness and leasing."

  3. 3
    The state, quality, or condition of being lickerous.; Longing; craving; greed. uncountable

    "Here I say will bee seen, whether either fear can make you short, or the likerousness of dominion make you beyond Juftice ."

  4. 4
    The state, quality, or condition of being lickerous.; Lasciviousness. uncountable

    "'Surely the judgment of God is upon the nation, yea upon the Church also, for many a monk did perish in the Black Plague....and suffer Hell's torment for their sloth, lickerousness, covertise and idolatory. And so perish all that heed not the Gospel of Christ!'"

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"Thin lips signifieth likerousness and leasing."

Etymology

From Middle English likerousnesse, equivalent to lickerous + -ness. Compare lecherousness.

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