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lickerousness

lickerousness noun: fondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire.

Noun

lickerousness (uncountable)

  1. Fondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire.
  2. Palate; daintiness of taste.
    • Thin lips signifieth likerousness and leasing.1503, Shepherd's Kalander
  3. Longing; craving; greed.
    • Here I say will bee seen, whether either fear can make you short, or the likerousness of dominion make you beyond Juftice .1655, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Philip Sidney, page 450
  4. Lasciviousness.
    • 'Surely the judgment of God is upon the nation, yea upon the Church also, for many a monk did perish in the Black Plague....and suffer Hell's torment for their sloth, lickerousness, covertise and idolatory. And so perish all that heed not the Gospel of Christ!'2011, Arthur D Bardswell, The Poor Preachers: The Adventures of the First Lollards, page 121

Origin of lickerousness

From Middle English likerousnesse, equivalent to lickerous + -ness. Compare lecherousness.

Questions about lickerousness

What does lickerousness mean?
Lickerousness means fondness for good fare; keen appetite or gluttonous desire.
What part of speech is lickerousness?
Lickerousness is a noun.

Words near lickerousness in the dictionary

  1. licker-in
  2. lickerish
  3. lickerishly
  4. lickerishness
  5. lickerous
  6. lickerousness
  7. lickers
  8. lickers-in
  9. lickerty
  10. lickery
  11. lickest

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