lickspittle – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of lickspittle

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to lickspittle
Participle: lickspittled
Gerund: lickspittling

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ilickspittle
youlickspittle
he;she;itlickspittles
welickspittle
youlickspittle
theylickspittle

Perfect

Ihave lickspittled
youhave lickspittled
he;she;ithas lickspittled
wehave lickspittled
youhave lickspittled
theyhave lickspittled

Past

Ilickspittled
youlickspittled
he;she;itlickspittled
welickspittled
youlickspittled
theylickspittled

Pluperfect

Ihad lickspittled
youhad lickspittled
he;she;ithad lickspittled
wehad lickspittled
youhad lickspittled
theyhad lickspittled

Future

Iwill lickspittle
youwill lickspittle
he;she;itwill lickspittle
wewill lickspittle
youwill lickspittle
theywill lickspittle

Future Perfect

Iwill have lickspittled
youwill have lickspittled
he;she;itwill have lickspittled
wewill have lickspittled
youwill have lickspittled
theywill have lickspittled

Subjunctive

Present

Ilickspittle
youlickspittle
he;she;itlickspittle
welickspittle
youlickspittle
theylickspittle

Perfect

Ihave lickspittled
youhave lickspittled
he;she;ithave lickspittled
wehave lickspittled
youhave lickspittled
theyhave lickspittled

Imperfect

Ilickspittled
youlickspittled
he;she;itlickspittled
welickspittled
youlickspittled
theylickspittled

Pluperfect

Ihad lickspittled
youhad lickspittled
he;she;ithad lickspittled
wehad lickspittled
youhad lickspittled
theyhad lickspittled

Conditional

Present

Iwould lickspittle
youwould lickspittle
he;she;itwould lickspittle
wewould lickspittle
youwould lickspittle
theywould lickspittle

Perfect

Iwould have lickspittled
youwould have lickspittled
he;she;itwould have lickspittled
wewould have lickspittled
youwould have lickspittled
theywould have lickspittled

Imperative

youlickspittle
weLet's lickspittle
youlickspittle

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam lickspittling
youare lickspittling
he;she;itis lickspittling
weare lickspittling
youare lickspittling
theyare lickspittling

Perfect

Ihave been lickspittling
youhave been lickspittling
he;she;ithas been lickspittling
wehave been lickspittling
youhave been lickspittling
theyhave been lickspittling

Past

Iwas lickspittling
youwere lickspittling
he;she;itwas lickspittling
wewere lickspittling
youwere lickspittling
theywere lickspittling

Pluperfect

Ihad been lickspittling
youhad been lickspittling
he;she;ithad been lickspittling
wehad been lickspittling
youhad been lickspittling
theyhad been lickspittling

Future

Iwill be lickspittling
youwill be lickspittling
he;she;itwill be lickspittling
wewill be lickspittling
youwill be lickspittling
theywill be lickspittling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been lickspittling
youwill have been lickspittling
he;she;itwill have been lickspittling
wewill have been lickspittling
youwill have been lickspittling
theywill have been lickspittling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be lickspittling
youwould be lickspittling
he;she;itwould be lickspittling
wewould be lickspittling
youwould be lickspittling
theywould be lickspittling

Perfect

Iwould have been lickspittling
youwould have been lickspittling
he;she;itwould have been lickspittling
wewould have been lickspittling
youwould have been lickspittling
theywould have been lickspittling

Other

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

  • "[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:]