liquorishadj.
/ˈlɪk(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈlɪk(ə)rɪʃ/ Fond of or indicating fondness for liquor.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > liquor-loving
liquorish1894
1894 S. R. Keightley Crimson Sign 312 A rare seaman, but liquorish... He was born with a thirst.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 270 He turned a liquorish eye upon me.
Derivatives
ˈliquorishly adv.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adverb] > liquor-loving
liquorishly1849
1849 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour vii, in New Monthly Mag. Mar. 273 That purpose was, to try how many silver foxes' heads full of port wine Tom could carry off without tumbling, and the old fellow being rather liquorishly inclined, had never made any objection to the experiment.
ˈliquorishness n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > fondness for liquor
liquorishness1789
1789 Emblems of Mortality p. xxvii To contemplate the Liquorishness of one Figure of Death, who is secretly sucking through a Reed the Wine from the emptied Cask.
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