unlicked

American  

[uhn-likt] / ʌnˈlɪkt /

adjective

1. not licked.

2. Archaic.

   1. not brought into final or proper shape; unfinished.

   2. unpolished or crude.

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Etymology

Origin of unlicked

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ¹ + lick + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Many a Corpus man is a veteran, for the war's end converted Oxford into a strange combination of unlicked cubs fresh from public schools and older men just back from the wars.

From Time Magazine Archive

On her teeth is a little lipstick residue, like unlicked blood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lister, you see, is an unlicked colt, and nobody could have said very much to his credit until lately.

From Long Odds by Bindloss, Harold

Almost immediately after in comes a large and assertive female with an eighteen-year-old son, a weedy, unlicked cub as ever you saw in your life, and both calmly took the other end seats.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

The unlicked cub aforesaid was slumbering peacefully in his corner, his long legs straight across the compartment, for we were three on that side, and there was no room to put them on the seat.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram