LICKERISH

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.

2.
a.

Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.

3.
a.

lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne. -- Lick"er*ish*ly, adv. -- Lick"er*ish*ness, n.


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