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Meaning of "lickerish" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LICKERISH

Changed from C13 lickerous, via Norman French from Old French lechereus lecherous.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LICKERISH

ˈlɪkərɪʃ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LICKERISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lickerish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LICKERISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Liquorice

Liquorice or licorice (/ˈlɪk(ə)rɪʃ/ LIK-(ə-)rish or /ˈlɪk(ə)rɪs/ LIK-(ə-)ris) is the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra from which a somewhat sweet flavor can be extracted. The liquorice plant is a legume that is native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It is not botanically related to anise, star anise, or fennel, which are sources of similar flavouring compounds. The word 'liquorice'/'licorice' is derived (via the Old French licoresse), from the Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukurrhiza), meaning "sweet root", from γλυκύς (glukus), "sweet" + ῥίζα (rhiza), "root", the name provided by Dioscorides.

Definition of lickerish in the English dictionary

The first definition of lickerish in the dictionary is lecherous or lustful. Other definition of lickerish is greedy; gluttonous. Lickerish is also appetizing or tempting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LICKERISH

amateurish · barish · bearish · boorish · fairish · feverish · garish · gibberish · harish · impoverish · liquorish · Moorish · muckerish · nightmarish · ogrish · pokerish · Quakerish · sourish · squarish · tigerish

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LICKERISH

licitly · licitness · lick · lick into shape · lick one´s chops · lick one´s lips · lick one´s wounds · lick the boots of · lick-alike · licker · lickerishly · lickerishness · lickety-split · licking · lickpenny · lickspit · lickspittle · licorice · lictor · lictorian

WORDS THAT END LIKE LICKERISH

bitterish · bounderish · buccaneerish · cavalierish · cherish · cleverish · copperish · empoverish · flapperish · Irish · liverish · loaferish · Micawberish · pantherish · perish · quicksilverish · quiverish · ratherish · schoolmasterish · waterish · winterish

Synonyms and antonyms of lickerish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lickerish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LICKERISH

Find out the translation of lickerish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lickerish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lickerish» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

lickerish
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Lickerish
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lickerish
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लोभी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lickerish
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

lickerish
278 millions of speakers
pt

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lickerish
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উপভোগের জন্য লালায়িত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Lickerish
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Lickerish
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

lickerish
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

欲深い
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

호색
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lickerish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ham ăn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

lickerish
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लिकरिश
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ağzının tadını bilen
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Lickerish
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

smakoszy
50 millions of speakers
uk

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lickerish
40 millions of speakers
ro

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lickerish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Lickerish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wulps
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lickerish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lickerish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lickerish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LICKERISH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of lickerish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «lickerish».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lickerish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LICKERISH»

Discover the use of lickerish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lickerish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and ...
... old missionary to his granddaughter Sarah) in a 1961 letter answering a question about the phrase, "standing there, gazing at you, with a sheep's eye, and a lickerish tooth." Sheep's eye is, just as you suspect, descriptive of amorous longing.
Susan Loesser, 2000
2
VideoHound's Groovy Movies: Far-out Films of the Psychedelic Era
Lickerish. Quartet. AAA. After. breaking into the New York adult-film business, Radley Metzger acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the groundbreaking Scandinavian film I, a Woman, which opened his eyes to the possibilities represented by ...
Irv Slifkin, 2004
3
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Earlie in the morning I look't out of the windowe and sawe a shower of cool rain upon Lickerish Hill that stirr'd all the leaves of the trees. When Sir John brought me flax and vittles I told him what I have seen. ``There are Deer upon Lickerish Hill ...
Susanna Clarke, 2008
4
Joy and Tyranny
The same type kept guard over the Soviet gulags full of poets, politicians and professors who didn't like comrade Stalin's lickerish. The same type opened the doors of the gas chambers for those who refused un—kosher lickerish. And don't let ...
Arnold Wesker, 2011
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
2. A wash; something rubbed on. [Not in use/] LICK, v. t. To strike repeatedly for punishment; to flog; to chastise with blows. [Not an elegant word ; but probably flog, L.fligo, is from the root of this word.] LICK'ER, «. One that licks. LICKERISH, a .
Noah Webster, 1832
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The Peculiar
Full of magic, dazzling inventions, and intriguing characters such as Mr. Jelliby and Lord Lickerish, this story of friendship, bravery, and nonstop action adventure was hailed by best-selling author Christopher Paolini as "swift, strong, ...
Stefan Bachmann, 2012
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The standard American encyclopedia of arts, sciences, ...
Licitly.t lib'it-li, ado. Lawfully. Lick, lik, v.t. [A. Sax. /icri«n=D. likken, \ Dan. likke, O. lecken, Ooth. laxgon (in Ы- \ laigon); cog. lr. lighim, L. lingoti}r. leichô. Skr. lih, to lick. Akin Ucher, lickerish.] To pass or draw the tongue over the surface of; to lap;  ...
John Clark Ridpath, 1898
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An English and Chinese standard dictionary: A-L
Nice in the choice of food, tffil&tttfj; dainty, having a keen relish, $ £ if 0 rtfj; tempting the appetite, RlPirjlSij, ^Sclft. Lickerishly, (lik'-er-ish-le) adv. In a lickerish manner, #35t«, Lickerishness, (lik'-er-ish-nes) n. The state or duality of being lickerish ...
顏惠慶, 1908
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Lexikon Hellēnoanglikon
AiEidpnc, ou, s. m. vul. a glutton; see leiEiáp-qg, Àlëoůöflî, 51, Mv, ad. vul. lickerish. AlEouö'ia, ac, S. f. vul~ greediness, gluttony; see ишиас. Atom-Jua, мог, S. n. vul. тишина. Amazivw, v. a. t0 fatter). Amapôç, d, òv, ad. fat» А'тРдТ'Ъь теч.
Nikolaos Kontopoulos, 1889
10
Vollständiges englisch-deutsches und deutsch-englisches ...
NUH'n vulg. to he lickerish, to desire. 2«f jjjonicj, m. ( — i) dropped honey; — (rein , "i. (-*; p/. — e) drip-stone, filtering stone; -ircm, m. (— cs) a) wine which spontaneously oozes from the finest and ripest grapes ; 4; (rem #ar)ne, gaJTf, burd) ...
Johann Gottfried Flügel, Napoleon N W. Meissner, 1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LICKERISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lickerish is used in the context of the following news items.
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From the 'old white Schwinn' to 'a 10-speed bike with skinny tires …
Loesser wrote 'gazing at you, with a sheep's eye and a lickerish tooth,' while McCartney sings 'with a sheepish eye and a look of the truth. «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, May 15»
2
OSF Presents Guys and Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway
Exquisitely rendered by Richard Howard, the song comes as a surprise from this aging missionary, with its reference to a lover's lusty “lickerish ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Apr 15»
3
DVD Review – 50 Shades of Erotica (2015)
... Score, The Lickerish Quartet), the backside fetishes of Tinto Brass (Frivolous Lola, Salon Kitty, The Key, All Ladies Do It), an early piece from ... «Flickering Myth, Apr 15»
4
Debra Messing: 'Watching people with perfect lives on TV depresses …
Photograph: Steven Simko/Lickerish. Ruth Huntman. Saturday 17 January 2015 09.00 EST Last modified on Monday 19 January 2015 11.30 EST. Share on ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
5
Eating out in Adelaide — 25 of our best spots
Lickerish Kitchen and Bar, 26 Semaphore Rd, Semaphore. SETTLE on the balcony and chow down on a pizza topped with pork belly, spiced ... «NEWS.com.au, Dec 14»
6
Why Pretty Little Liars' Ian Harding Never Uses Pickup Lines
Lesley Bryce/Lickerish. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Who: Twenty-eight-year-old actor best known for his role as Ezra Fitz, Pretty ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Nov 14»
7
A Legitimately Magical Prince Album
And “Time,” which runs for nearly seven minutes, is a love song, briefly lickerish, that's mostly about the loneliness of the road. In both cases ... «The New Yorker, Sep 14»
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Review: 'Nora Webster' by Colm Tóibín
She is prey to a constant stream of people, "something hungry in the way they held her hand or looked into her eyes," their lickerish interest in ... «Chicago Tribune, Sep 14»
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Cult film shocker Nekromantik to get UK release after BBFC grants …
Metzger is widely recognised as one of the most important film-makers to work in erotic cinema – other films, Camille 2000, The Lickerish ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
10
The Tom Robinson Show
Francis Lickerish. The Man Who Sold Magic. Add "Francis Lickerish || The Man Who Sold Magic" to Playlister Add "Francis Lickerish || The Man Who Sold Magic" ... «BBC 6 Music, Aug 14»
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