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liquorous

liquorous adjective: eagerly desirous.

Adjective

liquorous (comparative more liquorous, superlative most liquorous)

  1. (obsolete) Eagerly desirous.
    • Suſpectles, too ſuſpectles: till the crowde: / (Still liquerous of vntried nouelties) / Impatient with ſeuerer gouernment: / Made ſtrong with Florence: baniſht Altofront.c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv

Forms of liquorous

comparativemore liquorous
superlativemost liquorous

Origin of liquorous

See lickerish.

Questions about liquorous

What does liquorous mean?
Liquorous means eagerly desirous.
What part of speech is liquorous?
Liquorous is an adjective.

Words near liquorous in the dictionary

  1. liquorish
  2. liquorist
  3. liquorists
  4. liquorless
  5. liquorlike
  6. liquorous
  7. liquors
  8. liquors up
  9. liquory
  10. liquour
  11. liquours

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