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lickery en · ADJ

Etymology

From lick + -ery, modelled after slippery.

Meanings

1. Marked by licking, often involving copious amounts of saliva; sloppy; (by extension) salacious
   • “You know, a big lickery kiss, like the one we seen Roy Gribbs lay to Ethel McCormick the other day when we was peekin' at them from the branches of that ol' cottonwood tree.” 2011, Marcia Lynn McClure, The Light of the Lovers' Moon:
   • “I want some waltzin',” Rose said. “And a long, lickery good-night kiss!” 2010, Marcia Lynn McClure, The Touch of Sage, page 73:
   • As insults, rips and profanes unsettled the tree tops, the dogs of demonism concluded licking up Thump's plasma, secured glares back up. Thump merely gave them appetizers. Their hungers teased, their eyeballs bristled with deep craving. “Hounds've finished their lickery...” observed Zeth. 2012, Khalid Patel, Hollow Shotguns:
   • And all I could think of was: Come on, Stevie, give me a great big lickery kiss. 2013, Ray Banks, Dead Money, page 89:

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