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Webster 1913 Edition

Lickerish

Lick′er-ish

,
Adj.
[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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lickerish

LICK'ERISH

,
Adj.
[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.

Definition 2024

lickerish

lickerish

English

Adjective

lickerish ‎(comparative more lickerish, superlative most lickerish)

  1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
  2. Lecherous; lustful.
  3. Tempting the appetite; dainty.

Derived terms

Etymology

Compare lickerous.

Pronunciation

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