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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LICKERISH
a.[Gr. sweet. The sense of watery, smooth, sweet, are allied; likeness is often connected with smoothness in radical sense, and sleek is probably from the root of lick, like. ] 1. Nice in the choice of food; dainty; as a lickerish palate.
2. Eager; greedy to swallow; eager to taste or enjoy; having a keen relish.
3. Dainty; tempting the appetite; as lickerish baits.
LICKERISHLY
adv. Daintly.
LICKERISHNESS
n.Niceness of palate; daintiness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LICKERISH
Lick "er *ish, a. Etym: [Cf. Lecherous. ]
1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton. " Bp. Hall.
2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute. " Milton.
3. lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne. -- Lick "er *ish *ly, adv. -- Lick "er *ish *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lickerish
lick er ish |ˈlik (ə )riSH ˈlɪk (ə )rɪʃ | ▶adjective lecherous: a barrage of lickerish grins and dirty jokes. DERIVATIVES lick er ish ly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: alteration of obsolete lickerous, in the same sense, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French lecheros (see lecherous ).
Oxford Dictionary
lickerish
lickerish |ˈlɪkərɪʃ | ▶adjective 1 lecherous: lickerish grins and dirty jokes. 2 W. Indian or archaic fond of eating; greedy. DERIVATIVES lickerishly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: alteration of obsolete lickerous, in the same sense, from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French lecheros (see lecherous ).
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