lickerous

== English == === 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. === Adjective === lickerous (comparative more lickerous, superlative most lickerous) (archaic) lickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful. ==== Alternative forms ==== liquorous (erroneously simulating liquor) lickorous, licorous, likresse ==== Derived terms ==== lickerously lickerousness === See also === lickerish === References === “lickerous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.