lickdish

See also: lick-dish

English

Alternative forms

• lick-dish

Etymology

lick +‎ dish

Noun

lickdish (plural lickdishes)

1. (obsolete) A gourmand; a glutton.
   • 1567, Mr. S, Gammer Gurton's Needle, act 5, scene 2:

     Thou liar, lickdish, didst not say the nee'le would be gitten?

   • 1847–50 [c. 1550s], Anderson, Rev. James, transl., “Author's Preface”, in Commentary on the Book of Psalms‎^[1], volume 1, translation of original by Calvin, John:

     In addition to these, there are “the hypocritical mockers in feasts,” of whom David complains, (Ps 35:16;) and I mean by these not only lick-dish characters who seek a meal to fill their belly, but all those who by false reports seek to obtain the favor of the great.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:glutton