Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lickery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lick-ery
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by licking, often involving copious amounts of saliva; sloppy; (by extension) salacious

Example Sentences

"“I want some waltzin',” Rose said. “And a long, lickery good-night kiss!”"
"“You know, a big lickery kiss, like the one we seen Roy Gribbs lay to Ethel McCormick the other day when we was peekin' at them from the branches of that ol' cottonwood tree.”"
"As insults, rips and profanes unsettled the tree tops, the dogs of demonism concluded licking up Thump's plasma, secured glares back up. Thump merely gave them appetizers. Their hungers teased, their eyeballs bristled with deep craving. “Hounds've finished their lickery...” observed Zeth."
"And all I could think of was: Come on, Stevie, give me a great big lickery kiss."

Etymology

From lick + -ery, modelled after slippery.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lick

Inflected Forms

more lickery (comparative) most lickery (superlative)

Questions

What does lickery mean?: Marked by licking, often involving copious amounts of saliva; sloppy; (by extension) salacious
Where does lickery come from?: From lick + -ery, modelled after slippery.

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