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lubricious
[ loo-brish-uhs ]
/ luˈbrɪʃ əs /
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adjective
arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lubricious
lubricious , lubricousWords nearby lubricious
lubric, lubricant, lubricate, lubrication, lubricator, lubricious, lubricity, lubricous, lubritorium, Lubumbashi, Lubyanka
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How to use lubricious in a sentence
Easy to forget now, in the lubricious wake of novels such as “Couples,” that this posture is where he started calling from.
He turned back to Ugolini to see the little cardinal was also, with a lubricious smile, watching Sophia.
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British Dictionary definitions for lubricious
lubricious
lubricous (ˈluːbrɪkəs)
/ (luːˈbrɪʃəs) /
adjective
formal, or literary lewd, lascivious
rare oily or slippery
Derived forms of lubricious
lubriciously or lubricously, adverbWord Origin for lubricious
C16: from Latin lūbricus
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