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Liquorish
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liquorish
liquorish
English
Adjective
liquorish (comparative more liquorish, superlative most liquorish)
- (obsolete) lecherous
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book V, chapter v
- These the gravest men, after a full meal of serious meditation, often allow themselves by way of dessert: for which purpose, certain books and pictures find their way into the most private recesses of their study, and a certain liquorish part of natural philosophy is often the principal subject of their conversation.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book V, chapter v