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Thesaurus: lickerish

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.

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  1. a. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
  2. a. Tempting the appetite; dainty.
  3. a. Lecherous; lustful.
  4. 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.
  5. a. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. a. Tempting the appetite; dainty. a. Lecherous; lustful.