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lubricity
[ loo-bris-i-tee ]
noun
, plural lu·bric·i·ties.
- oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
- ability to lubricate; capacity for lubrication:
the wonderful lubricity of this new oil.
- instability; shiftiness; fleeting nature:
the lubricity of fame and fortune.
- lewdness; lustfulness: lasciviousness; salaciousness.
- something that arouses lasciviousness, especially pornography.
lubricity
/ luːˈbrɪsɪtɪ /
noun
- formal.lewdness or salaciousness
- rare.smoothness or slipperiness
- capacity to lubricate
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lubricity1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lubricity1
C15 (lewdness), C17 (slipperiness): from Old French lubricité, from Medieval Latin lubricitās, from Latin, from lūbricus slippery
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Example Sentences
Nor can I see the object of modernising the "Stomach Dance," save to impart an extra dose of lubricity into the subject.
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But first a word is due about one of the victims of their amiable, self-sacrificing lubricity.
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I was better after my tendency to lubricity, my gloom, rage, restlessness and degradation.
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Their conduct in the sequel was characterised by the most shameless lubricity.
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He is teres et rotundas; strokes fly from the lubricity of his polish, and the shiftings of his circular formation.
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