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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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lickerousadjective

    lickerish; eager; lustful

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lickerous in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lickerous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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