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lubricious

lub·ri·cious

US/luˈbɹɪʃəs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

having a smooth or slippery quality

  • “the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious”
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2.

characterized by lust

  • “eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer”
  • “her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature”
  • “prurient literature”
  • “prurient thoughts”
  • “a salacious rooster of a little man”
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricous.

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