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† ˈlickerous, a. Obs.
Forms: 3–6 li-, lykerous, (4 lykerus, 5 lykerowse, lykorous, lykkerwys, lekerous, likerose, licrus, likrus), 5–7 licorous, licourous, lycorous(e, (5 lycourous, lycours, lycoruse, 6 lycoures, licoras, likorous, 7 likresse), 6–7 liquorous, lickerous, -orous.
[a. AF. *likerous, *lekerous, repr. a northern var. of OF. lecheros lecherous; cf. ONF. liquerie = Central OF. lecherie lechery.
In Eng. use this form of the word has chiefly retained its etymological sense (cf., however, sense 3), while lecherous has been almost confined to a transferred application.]
1. Pleasing or tempting to the palate. Also gen. and fig.: Sweet, pleasant, delightful.
c1275XI Pains Hell 172 in O.E. Misc. 228 Þo weore þeose þat..hedden of mony metes de-deyn, But hit weore likerous be certeyn. a1310in Wright Lyric P. xxv. 68 Noht may be feled lykerusere, Then thou so suete alumere. 1340Ayenb. 47 Þe zofte bed cloþes likerouses. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 216 Lekerous metis & drynkis. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 22 No woman shulde ete no lycorous morcelles in the absens..of her husbond. 1549Latimer 5th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 139 marg., Lucre is so lickorous that he that once lyckes of it, leketh it. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 19/2, I would not be his ghest, vnlesse I tooke his table to be furnisht with more wholesome and licorous viands. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. li. (1631) 536 Beeing fed with the licorous and deceitfull sweetnesse of their owne lusts. 1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 47 O tis an amiable diuel, a sweete sinne, a lycorous poyson.
2. Of persons, the appetite, etc.: Fond of choice or delicious food; dainty in eating; greedy of good fare. Const. of, after.
c1315Shoreham 160 And et throf dame lykerouse. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 253 Let not sir Surfet sitten at thi bord;..for he is a lechour and likerous of tonge. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 2 For þis riche man was boastful in speche and likerous in foode. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 53 There be..other that be lykerous of moche mete and drinke. 1530Palsgr. 317/1 Lycorouse or daynty mouthed, friant. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 54 The Popes caterer casting a licorous glaunce that way. a1632G. Herbert Priest to Temple xxvi. Wks. (Grosart) III. 183 He that..for quality is licorous after dainties, is a glutton. 1632Lithgow Trav. v. 182 These Iarres are..interlarded with pitch to preserue the..Wine; yet making the taste thereof vnpleasant to liquorous lips. 1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xiv. 98 These devils are very lickorous of lardons.
b. gen. and fig. Having a keen relish or desire for something pleasant. Const. of; also, eager to do something.
c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 391 Yonge clerkes that been lykerous To reden Artes than been curious. c1400Destr. Troy 444 Syn wemen are..so likrus of loue in likyng of yowthe. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. viii. 178 Whiche..liue a pure and simple life, led with no likerous lustes of other mennes vanitie. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1622) 82 Fit commendation (whereof womankind is so likerous). 1598E. Guilpin Skial (1878) 32 For though it be no cates sharpe sauce it is, To lickerous vanitie. a1632G. Herbert Temple, Discharge i, Busy inquiring heart, what wouldst thou know Why dost thou pry, And turn and leer, and with a licorous eye Look high and low.
3. Lecherous, lustful, wanton.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 161 The likerouse launde that Leccherye hatte. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 58 And sikerly she hadde a likerous eye. a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1762 This likerous dampnable errour [adultery]. 1470–85Malory Arthur xviii. xxv, Men and wymmen coude loue to gyders seuen yeres and no lycours lustes were bitwene them. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. 15 Whilst thus Nastagio sought his owne decay, By liquorous lust. 1604Drayton Owl 369 There in soft Downe the liquorous Sparrow sat. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Femme, From women light, and lickorous, good fortune still deliuer vs.
4. Comb., as lickerous-mouthed, lickerous-toothed adjs.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 285 Like vnto lickerous mouthed men, who..desire meates with a greedy appetite. 1598E. Guilpin Skial. (1878) 9 Once Rinus saw a pretty lasse, And liquorous tooth'd desir'd to tast.
Hence † ˈlickerously adv.
c1315Shoreham 114 To meche fode devoury; and to lykerouslyche. c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 567 Oloferne, which fortune ay kiste So likerously. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 12915 Fatte mussellys large and Rounde, I threste hem in fful lykerously. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong. Friander, to feed licorously. |