lickerous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[...] and taking leave of each other with a courteous kiss, she pleasantly passed forth on her journey and this untoward lickerous chamberlain repaired homeward."
- "Next up the valley beyond him lived Phineas Cowan, whose inclinations, in spite of his advanced age, were lustful and lickerous."
- "The broad-faced, sluttish helot, the slave wife Grubby and warm, who opens unashamed Her thousand wombs unguarded to the lickerous sun."
- ""My lady, thou art lickerous." He smiled, pressing the heel of his hand against her."
Etymology
From Middle English likerous, lykerous, likrus, from Anglo-Norman *likerous, *lekerous (“dainty”), apparently an unassibilated variant (compare lekeor, leckeur variants of lecheor, lichieor (“glutton, lecher”)) of Old French *lecherous ("dainty, wanton"; > English lecherous); see lecherous.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more lickerous (comparative)
most lickerous (superlative)
liquorous (alternative)
lickorous (alternative)
licorous (alternative)
likresse (alternative)
Derived Forms
lickerously
lickerousness