unlicked

[ uhn-likt ]

adjective

1. not licked.
2. Archaic.
   1. not brought into final or proper shape; unfinished.
   2. unpolished or crude.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unlicked¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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She hasn't any people to speak of, and she's up here now with a rotten, unlicked cub of a brother.

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I was followed by the leader of the grim faction—an unlicked curate of the largest dimensions.

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Genesmere could tell from its unlicked hide that the mother had gone to hunt water, and been away for some time.

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