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

“Oh, but I thought it was only a snake!” said the youth, with that air of unmistakable self-satisfaction which at once indicates the unlicked cub.

From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by Drayson, A.W.

"I was an unlicked whelp in my youth, Huntingdon, but though I got into rotten company, I never did anything actually crooked."

From The Enchanted Canyon by Morrow, Honoré

"Cut it, you unlicked cub, until you can begin to use that half-liter of golop you call a brain," Garlock said, harshly.

From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)