lubricous
Americanadjective
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(of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
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unstable; shifty; fleeting.
- Synonyms:
- undependable , unsteady
Etymology
Origin of lubricous
1525–35; < Latin lūbricus slippery, Late Latin: unstable
Example Sentences
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He did so, and then governed like an evil-disposed boy—indulging the merest animal passions, listening to a small camarilla of low-born favourites, changing his ministers every three months, and acting on the impulse of whims which were sometimes mere buffoonery, but were at times lubricous, or ferocious.
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With lubricous zeal, she and her homosexual brother compete for the lodger's favors.
From Time Magazine Archive
These faintly lubricous difficulties are ultimately straightened out in a court trial.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peter Sellers is perfectly hilarious as a lubricous bookworm, a wan don who thinks he is a Don Juan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peter Sellers is perfectly hilarious as a lubricous bookworm, a wan don who thinks he is a Don Juan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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