lubricious

adjective

lu·​bri·​cious lü-ˈbri-shəs How to pronounce lubricious (audio)
variants or lubricous
1
: marked by wantonness : lecherous
also : salacious
2
: having a smooth or slippery quality
a lubricious skin
lubriciously adverb

Examples of lubricious in a Sentence

played a lubricious soap opera character who was in multiple relationships
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The sensational engine gathers the car's haunches to spew you onto the following straights in great, lubricious spendings of energy. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023 Pascal played lubricious movie star Dieter Bravo in Judd Apatow's semi-improvised comedy about a group of actors attempting to shoot a preposterous dinosaur movie during the pandemic. Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022 For all of Sabbath’s lubricious opportunism, Drenka is his one love. The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 Born in Louisiana, Silver arrives with every noir mystery woman’s attendant clichés: a lubricious walk, a wad of cash in the bosom of her complicated lingerie, a languorous way of lighting cigarettes — and a gun. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2018 Some of it is merely lubricious; some of it verges on the profound. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017 Some of it is merely lubricious Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017 Between the administration's budget, and its lubricious impulse to monetize everything, if the glaciers disappear, the naming rights to Exxon-Mobil National Park and Energy Terminal will bring in millions. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 May 2017 Spoiler alert: The lubricious details are absent from the narrative flow. Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Latin lūbricus "slippery, hard to hold, hazardous" (Late Latin also "morally weak, lascivious") + -ious — more at sleeve

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of lubricious was in 1535

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Cite this Entry

“Lubricious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lubricious. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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