unlicked

[ uhn-likt ]

adjective
  1. not licked.

  2. Archaic.

    • not brought into final or proper shape; unfinished.

    • unpolished or crude.

Origin of unlicked

1
First recorded in 1585–95; un-1 + lick + -ed2

Words Nearby unlicked

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How to use unlicked in a sentence

  • As we both wrote in the same chamber, we preferred each other's acquaintance to that of the unlicked cubs that surrounded us.

  • He looked a terribly unlicked cub, and Winn found himself watching anxiously to see if Claire ate enough and the right things.

    The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
  • She hasn't any people to speak of, and she's up here now with a rotten, unlicked cub of a brother.

    The Dark Tower | Phyllis Bottome
  • I was followed by the leader of the grim faction—an unlicked curate of the largest dimensions.

    A Rogue's Life | Wilkie Collins
  • Genesmere could tell from its unlicked hide that the mother had gone to hunt water, and been away for some time.

    Red Men and White | Owen Wister