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lubricious — (also lubricous) ► ADJECTIVE 1) lewd. 2) smooth and slippery with oil or grease. DERIVATIVES lubriciously adverb lubricity noun … English terms dictionary
lubricious — or lubricous adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin lubricus, from Latin, slippery, easily led astray Date: 1535 1. marked by wantonness ; lecherous; also salacious 2. [Latin lubricus] having a smooth or slippery quality < a lubricious skin > • … New Collegiate Dictionary
lubricious — lubriciously, adv. /looh brish euhs/, adj. 1. arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous. 2. lubricous. [1575 85; LUBRIC + IOUS] Syn. 1. lascivious, libidinous, pornographic, obscene. * * * … Universalium
lubricious — adjective a) smooth and glassy; slippery b) lewd, wanton, salacious or lecherous … Wiktionary
lubricious — Synonyms and related words: animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, bawdy, buttery, capricious, carnal, changeable, clitoromaniacal, concupiscent, dirty, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fickle, filthy, fleshly, goatish, greased, greasy,… … Moby Thesaurus
lubricious — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. So smooth and glassy as to offer insecure hold or footing: slick, slippery, slithery. Idiom: slippery as an eel. See SMOOTH. 2. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful,… … English dictionary for students
lubricious — lu|bri|cious [lu:ˈbrıʃəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: lubricus; LUBRICATE] too interested in sex, in a way that seems unpleasant or unacceptable >lubriciously adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
lubricious — lu|bri|cious [ lu brıʃəs ] adjective FORMAL expressing an unpleasant and unreasonable interest in sex: SALACIOUS … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lubricious — adj. slippery, greasy; unstable; wanton; crude; lascivious, lewd, obscene … English contemporary dictionary
lubricious — [lu: brɪʃəs] (also lubricous lu:brɪkəs) adjective 1》 offensively lustful; lewd. 2》 smooth and slippery with oil or grease. Derivatives lubriciously adverb lubricity noun Origin C16 (earlier (C15) as lubricity): from L. lubricus slippery … English new terms dictionary
