English Explanatory Dictionary

lickerous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. lickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.

Word forms

lickerous more lickerous most lickerous liquorous lickorous licorous likresse

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.

Related words

lickerish

Derived words

lickerously lickerousness
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