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unlicked

[ uhn-likt ]

adjective

  1. not licked.
  2. Archaic.
    1. not brought into final or proper shape; unfinished.
    2. unpolished or crude.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unlicked1

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + lick + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

As we both wrote in the same chamber, we preferred each other's acquaintance to that of the unlicked cubs that surrounded us.

He looked a terribly unlicked cub, and Winn found himself watching anxiously to see if Claire ate enough and the right things.

She hasn't any people to speak of, and she's up here now with a rotten, unlicked cub of a brother.

I was followed by the leader of the grim faction—an unlicked curate of the largest dimensions.

Genesmere could tell from its unlicked hide that the mother had gone to hunt water, and been away for some time.

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