Dictionary entry

Lickerish

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lick″er‐ish, a. [Cf. Lecherous.] 1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. “The lickerish palate of the glutton.” Bp. Hall.

2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. “Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute.” Milton.

3. Lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne.

— Lick″er‐ish‐ly, adv. — Lick″er‐ish‐ness, n.