lickeen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lukynge, equivalent to looke +‎ -een.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪˈkiːn/

Noun

lickeen

1. looking, or looks in face, or appearance.
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Hea's a gooude lickeen bye; Shea's a gooude lickeen michel.

     He's a good-looking boy; She's a good-looking girl.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867