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Meaning of lickerish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
  2. Lecherous; lustful, mawkish.
  3. Tempting the appetite; dainty.
  4. Sweet, luscious.
    Northern-England
  5. During mating season.

Examples

“Birdsong, who followed the Colombian, stopped his hymn singing at this lickerish pantomime and watched his fellow muleteer in righteous disapproval. Condemnation was written in the Arkansan's very back and stride.”
“I thought of all the lickerish pleasures of Felicity Place.”
“Fighting like seals in a lickerish estuary”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lickerous lickery lickier lickiest lickle lickometered

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