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unlickerish

unlickerish adjective: not lickerish.

Adjective

unlickerish (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not lickerish.
    • He’d had visions of lolling back at his ease while the entire female work force of Scotland Yard paraded past his totally unlickerish gaze.1976, Joyce Porter, chapter 7, in Dover and the Claret Tappers, page 85

Origin of unlickerish

From un- + lickerish.

Questions about unlickerish

What does unlickerish mean?
Unlickerish means not lickerish.
What part of speech is unlickerish?
Unlickerish is an adjective.

Words near unlickerish in the dictionary

  1. unlicentious
  2. unlichened
  3. unlichenized
  4. unlickable
  5. unlicked
  6. unlickerish
  7. unlid
  8. unlidded
  9. unlidding
  10. unlids
  11. unlief

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