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He had a lickorous tongue and a taste for sweet things which even then made me sick.
Lore of Proserpine Maurice Hewlett 1892
fbharjo commented on the word lickorous
another spelling of lechery: associated with the Latin 'luxus' meaning 'excessive eating or drinking': also the root of 'luxury'
March 26, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word lickorous
Not a variant of 'lechery', but of 'lecherous', to be pedantic. Different suffixes. (Apparently a variant in Northern French, where the k > tʃ change did not take place.) The Romance word is borrowed from a Germanic one, cognate with 'lick'; not related to Latin lux- "extravagance, debauchery".
March 26, 2009
reesetee commented on the word lickorous
Rats. I thought it was a tasty bit of candy.
March 26, 2009