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LICKEROUS
Definition of LICKEROUS
adjective
lickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English likerous, lykerous, likrus, from Anglo-Norman *likerous, *lekerous (“dainty”), apparently an unassibilated variant (compare lekeor, leckeur variants of lecheor, lichieor (“glutton, lecher”)) of Old French *lecherous ("dainty, wanton"; > English lecherous); see lecherous.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LICKEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LICKEROUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKLORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LICKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LICKEROUS?
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