unlicked

Rough, not smoothed

Unlicked means not yet licked, and by extension, rough or unfinished—like a newborn animal before its mother has groomed it.

An unlicked cub is a young person who lacks polish or proper training.

The word is literary and old-fashioned, appearing mostly in the phrase unlicked cub to describe someone crude or unformed.

raw

unpolished

Lacking finish or refinement

unrefined · unshaped · unformed · unmolded · callow · green · untrained · undisciplined · ill-mannered · boorish

Opposites
physical contact by tongue

unlickedlicked

Overcome or tasted

tongued · lapped · tasted · wetted · moistened

refinement/polish (archaic sense)

unlickedlicked into shape

Made acceptable through effort

polished · refined · cultivated · well-mannered · shaped

Family

lick, licking, licked, licker, lickers, lickable

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