Thesaurus: lickerish
Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
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Definitions
- a. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
- a. Tempting the appetite; dainty.
- a. Lecherous; lustful.
- 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.
- a. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. a. Tempting the appetite; dainty. a. Lecherous; lustful.