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Definitions for Lickerish
ˈlɪk ər ɪʃlick·er·ish

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  1. lickerishadjective

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

  2. lickerishadjective

    Lecherous; lustful.

  3. lickerishadjective

    Tempting the appetite; dainty.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lickerish, Lickerousadjective

    Etymology: liccera , a glutton, Saxon.

    Voluptuous men sacrifice all substantial satisfactions to a liquorish palate. Roger L'Estrange.

    Then is never tongue-tied, where fit commendation, whereof womankind is so lickerish, is offered unto it. Philip Sidney.

    Strephon, fond boy, delighted, did not know
    That it was love that shin’d in shining maid;
    But lick’rous, poison’d, fain to her would go. Philip Sidney.

    Certain rare manuscripts, sought in the most remote parts by Erpenius, the most excellent linguist, had been left to his widow, and were upon sale to the jesuits, liquorish chapmen of all such ware. Henry Wotton.

    In vain he profer’d all his goods to save
    His body, destin’d to that living grave;
    The liquorish hag rejects the pelf with scorn,
    And nothing but the man would serve her turn. Dryden.

    In some provinces they were so liquorish after man’s flesh, that they would suck the blood as it run from the dying man. John Locke.

    Wouldst thou seek again to trap me here
    With lickerish baits, fit to ensnare a brute? John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. lickerish

    Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English; IPA: LIK-ər-ish, -⁠iss) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted. The liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to Western Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe. Botanically, it is not closely related to anise or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds. (Another such source, star anise, is even more distantly related from anise and fennel than liquorice, despite its similar common name.) Liquorice is used as a flavouring in candies and tobacco, particularly in some European and West Asian countries. Liquorice extracts have been used in herbalism and traditional medicine. Excessive consumption of liquorice (more than 2 mg/kg [3.2×10−5 oz/lb] per day of pure glycyrrhizinic acid, a liquorice component) may result in adverse effects, and overconsumption should be suspected clinically in patients presenting with otherwise unexplained hypokalemia and muscle weakness. In at least one case, death has been attributed to excessive liquorice consumption.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lickerishadjective

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

  2. Lickerishadjective

    tempting the appetite; dainty

  3. Lickerishadjective

    lecherous; lustful

  4. Etymology: [Cf. Lecherous.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lickerish

    lik′ėr-ish, adj. dainty: eager to taste or enjoy: tempting.—adv. Lick′erishly.—n. Lick′erishness. [Formerly also liquorish; a corr. of obsolete lickerous, lecherous.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lickerish in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lickerish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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