Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lickspittle
Participle: lickspittled
Gerund: lickspittling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lickspittle |
| you | lickspittle |
| he;she;it | lickspittles |
| we | lickspittle |
| you | lickspittle |
| they | lickspittle |
Perfect
| I | have lickspittled |
| you | have lickspittled |
| he;she;it | has lickspittled |
| we | have lickspittled |
| you | have lickspittled |
| they | have lickspittled |
Past
| I | lickspittled |
| you | lickspittled |
| he;she;it | lickspittled |
| we | lickspittled |
| you | lickspittled |
| they | lickspittled |
Pluperfect
| I | had lickspittled |
| you | had lickspittled |
| he;she;it | had lickspittled |
| we | had lickspittled |
| you | had lickspittled |
| they | had lickspittled |
Future
| I | will lickspittle |
| you | will lickspittle |
| he;she;it | will lickspittle |
| we | will lickspittle |
| you | will lickspittle |
| they | will lickspittle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lickspittled |
| you | will have lickspittled |
| he;she;it | will have lickspittled |
| we | will have lickspittled |
| you | will have lickspittled |
| they | will have lickspittled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lickspittle |
| you | lickspittle |
| he;she;it | lickspittle |
| we | lickspittle |
| you | lickspittle |
| they | lickspittle |
Perfect
| I | have lickspittled |
| you | have lickspittled |
| he;she;it | have lickspittled |
| we | have lickspittled |
| you | have lickspittled |
| they | have lickspittled |
Imperfect
| I | lickspittled |
| you | lickspittled |
| he;she;it | lickspittled |
| we | lickspittled |
| you | lickspittled |
| they | lickspittled |
Pluperfect
| I | had lickspittled |
| you | had lickspittled |
| he;she;it | had lickspittled |
| we | had lickspittled |
| you | had lickspittled |
| they | had lickspittled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lickspittle |
| you | would lickspittle |
| he;she;it | would lickspittle |
| we | would lickspittle |
| you | would lickspittle |
| they | would lickspittle |
Perfect
| I | would have lickspittled |
| you | would have lickspittled |
| he;she;it | would have lickspittled |
| we | would have lickspittled |
| you | would have lickspittled |
| they | would have lickspittled |
Imperative
| you | lickspittle |
| we | Let's lickspittle |
| you | lickspittle |
Verbs conjugated like 'lickspittle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lickspittle'
bespittle,
spittle,
bespattle,
bicapitate,
dissettle,
distitle,
kittle,
licentiate,
lockstitch,
mistitle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
A compounding: lick (“pass one’s tongue over”) + spittle (“saliva”); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).
Sample Sentences
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"[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough." [1886, Aylmer and Louise Maude, The Light Shines in Darkness, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, act 1:]