lubricious

[ loo-brish-uhs ]
/ luˈbrɪʃ əs /
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adjective

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

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Origin of lubricious

First recorded in 1575–85; lubric + -ious

OTHER WORDS FROM lubricious

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lubricious

lubricious lubricous

Words nearby lubricious

lubra, lubric, lubricant, lubricate, lubricator, lubricious, lubricity, lubricous, lubritorium, lubumbashi, lubyanka
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Words related to lubricious

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

Example sentences from the Web for lubricious

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

    The Literary Gentleman|John Freeman|January 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST

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

    The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea

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, adverb

Word Origin for lubricious

C16: from Latin lūbricus
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