Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lickerish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lick-er-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.

adj

Lecherous; lustful, mawkish.

adj

Tempting the appetite; dainty.

adj

Sweet, luscious.

adj

During mating season.

Example Sentences

"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."
"I thought of all the lickerish pleasures of Felicity Place."
"Fighting like seals in a lickerish estuary"

Etymology

Probably an alteration of lickerous.

Inflected Forms

more lickerish (comparative) most lickerish (superlative)

Derived Forms

lickerishly lickerishness unlickerish

Homonyms

liquorish liquorice

Questions

What does lickerish mean?: Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
Where does lickerish come from?: Probably an alteration of lickerous.

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