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lubricious

[loo-brish-uhs]
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adjective

arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
lubricous.

Origin of lubricious

First recorded in 1575–85; lubric + -ious
Related formslu·bri·cious·ly, adverbnon·lu·bri·cious, adjectivenon·lu·bri·cious·ly, adverbnon·lu·bri·cious·ness, nounun·lu·bri·cious, adjective
Can be confusedlubricious lubricous

Synonyms for lubricious

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1. lascivious, libidinous, pornographic, obscene.
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Related Words for lubricious

clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hush-hush, indirect, insidious, oblique, secret, secretive

Examples from the Web for lubricious

Contemporary Examples of lubricious

  • Easy to forget now, in the lubricious wake of novels such as “Couples,” that this posture is where he started calling from.

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    John Freeman

    January 30, 2009

Historical Examples of lubricious

  • He turned back to Ugolini to see the little cardinal was also, with a lubricious smile, watching Sophia.

British Dictionary definitions for lubricious

lubricious

lubricous (ˈluːbrɪkəs)

adjective

formal, or literary lewd, lascivious
rare oily or slippery
Derived Formslubriciously or lubricously, adverb

Word Origin for lubricious

C16: from Latin lūbricus
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