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liquorish

liquorish adjective: lecherous.

Adjective

liquorish (comparative more liquorish, superlative most liquorish)

  1. (obsolete) Lecherous.
    • Dry up thy marrows, vines, and plough-torn leas;
      Whereof ungrateful man, with liquorish draughts
      And morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind,
      That from it all consideration slips!c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • These the gravest men, after a full meal of serious meditation, often allow themselves by way of dessert: for which purpose, certain books and pictures find their way into the most private recesses of their study, and a certain liquorish part of natural philosophy is often the principal subject of...1749, Henry Fielding, chapter V, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V

Forms of liquorish

comparativemore liquorish
superlativemost liquorish
alternative formlickerish

Questions about liquorish

What does liquorish mean?
Liquorish means lecherous.
What part of speech is liquorish?
Liquorish is an adjective.

Words near liquorish in the dictionary

  1. liquorices
  2. liquoricey
  3. liquoring
  4. liquoring up
  5. Liquoris
  6. liquorish
  7. liquorist
  8. liquorists
  9. liquorless
  10. liquorlike
  11. liquorous

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