lickerish
1 Lickerish — Lick er*ish, a. [Cf. {Lecherous}.] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. The lickerish palate of the glutton. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.… …
2 lickerish — index lascivious, lecherous, prurient, salacious, suggestive (risqué) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3 lickerish — fond of delicious fare, c.1500, from M.E. likerous pleasing to the palate (late 13c.), from Anglo Fr. *likerous, O.Fr. licherous (see LECHEROUS (Cf. lecherous)). Unlike the French word, it generally kept close to its literal sense …
4 lickerish — [lik′ər ish] adj. [altered < lickerous < ME lykerous < Anglo Fr form of OFr lecheros] 1. Now Rare a) lecherous; lustful; lewd b) greedy or eager, esp. to eat or taste 2. Obs. tempting the appetite …
5 lickerish — adjective Etymology: alteration of lickerous, from Middle English likerous, probably modification of Anglo French *lekerous, lecherus lecherous, from lechur lecher Date: 14th century 1. greedy, desirous 2. obsolete tempting to the appetite 3.… …
6 lickerish — lickerishly, adv. lickerishness, n. /lik euhr ish/, adj. Archaic. 1. fond of and eager for choice food. 2. greedy; longing. 3. lustful; lecherous. Also, liquorish. [1300 50; ME liker(ous) pleasing to the taste, lit., to a licker (see …
7 lickerish — Synonyms and related words: animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, appetitive, bawdy, carnal, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, desiderative, desireful, desiring, desirous, dirty, eager, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fleshly, goatish,… …
8 Lickerish — licorice …
9 lickerish — Australian Slang licorice …
10 lickerish — . Greedy, lascivious …
11 lickerish — adj. (Archaic) lustful, lascivious; yearning for delicacies; greedy …
12 lickerish — [ lɪkərɪʃ] adjective 1》 lecherous. 2》 W. Indian or archaic fond of eating; greedy. Derivatives lickerishly adverb Origin C15: alt. of obs. lickerous, from an Anglo Norman Fr. var. of OFr. lecheros (see lecherous) …
13 lickerish — a. 1. Hankering (to lick or taste), craving, longing. 2. Lecherous. See libidinous. 3. Dainty, nice, fastidious. 4. Dainty, tempting, appetizing …
14 lickerish — lick·er·ish …
15 lickerish — lick•er•ish or liquorish [[t]ˈlɪk ər ɪʃ[/t]] adj. archaic 1) fond of and eager for choice food 2) greedy; longing 3) lustful; lecherous • Etymology: 1545–55; alter., by suffix substitution, of ME likerous < AF*likerous, for MFlechereus… …
16 lickerish — /ˈlɪkərɪʃ/ (say likuhrish) adjective Archaic 1. eager for choice food. 2. greedy. 3. lustful. Also, liquorish. {earlier lickerous (influenced by lick and liquor, with substitution of suffix ish1 for ous) …
17 lickerish — a. greedy; lecherous …
18 lickerish — licorice …
19 lickerish — adj. (also liquorish) 1 lecherous. 2 a fond of fine food. b greedy, longing. Etymology: ME lickerous f. OF lecheros: see LECHER …
20 The Lickerish Quartet — is a 1970 drama film produced and directed by Radley Metzger. The film was written by Metzger and Michael DeForrest. This was the last erotic film directed by Metzger. Plot In their castle, a wealthy couple (Frank Wolff and Erika Remberg) watch a …
