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lick⋅er⋅ish

  [lik-er-ish]
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–adjective Archaic.
1. fond of and eager for choice food.
2. greedy; longing.
3. lustful; lecherous.
Also, liquorish.

Origin:
1300–50; ME liker(ous) pleasing to the taste, lit., to a licker (see lick, -er 1 ) + -ish 1

Related forms:
lick⋅er⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
lick⋅er⋅ish⋅ness, noun
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lick·er·ish   (lĭk'ər-ĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Lascivious; lecherous.

  2. Greedy; desirous.

    1. Archaic Relishing good food.

    2. Obsolete Arousing hunger; appetizing.


[Middle English likerous, perhaps from Old French lecheor, lekier; see lecher.]
lick'er·ish·ly adv., lick'er·ish·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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lickerish 
"fond of delicious fare," 1500, from M.E. likerous "pleasing to the palate" (c.1275), from Anglo-Fr. *likerous, from O.Fr. licherous (see lecherous). Unlike the Fr. word, it generally kept close to its literal sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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