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lickdish

lickdish noun: a gourmand; a glutton.

Noun

lickdish (plural lickdishes)

  1. (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton.
    • Thou liar, lickdish, didst not say the nee'le would be gitten?1567, Mr. S, Gammer Gurton's Needle, act 5, scene 2
    • In addition to these, there are “the hypocritical mockers in feasts,” of whom David complains, (Ps 35:16;) and I mean by these not only lick-dish characters who seek a meal to fill their belly, but all those who by false reports seek to obtain the favor of the great.1847–50 [c. 1550s], Anderson, Rev. James, transl., “Author's Preface”, in Commentary on the Book of Psalms, volume 1, translation of original by Calvin, John

Forms of lickdish

plurallickdishes
alternative formlick-dish

Origin of lickdish

From lick + dish.

Questions about lickdish

What does lickdish mean?
Lickdish means a gourmand; a glutton.
What part of speech is lickdish?
Lickdish is a noun.
What is the plural of lickdish?
The plural of lickdish is lickdishes.

Words near lickdish in the dictionary

  1. lick-wimble
  2. lick-wimbles
  3. lickability
  4. lickable
  5. lickably
  6. lickdish
  7. lickdishes
  8. licked
  9. licked clean
  10. licked into shape
  11. licked one's chops

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