lubricity

[ loo-bris-i-tee ]

/ luˈbrɪs ɪ ti /

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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.

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Origin of lubricity

First recorded in 1485–95; earlier lubrycyte “lewdness,” from Medieval Latin lubricitās “lechery,” Late Latin: “slipperiness.” See lubric, -ity

Words nearby lubricity

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How to use lubricity in a sentence

Nor can I see the object of modernising the "Stomach Dance," save to impart an extra dose of lubricity into the subject.
Oscar Wilde|Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
But first a word is due about one of the victims of their amiable, self-sacrificing lubricity.
White Lies|Charles Reade
I was better after my tendency to lubricity, my gloom, rage, restlessness and degradation.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
Their conduct in the sequel was characterised by the most shameless lubricity.
Freaks of Fanaticism|Sabine Baring-Gould

He is teres et rotundas; strokes fly from the lubricity of his polish, and the shiftings of his circular formation.
Tomlinsoniana|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for lubricity

lubricity

/ (luːˈbrɪsɪtɪ) /

noun

formal, or literary lewdness or salaciousness

rare smoothness or slipperiness

capacity to lubricate

Word Origin for lubricity

C15 (lewdness), C17 (slipperiness): from Old French lubricité, from Medieval Latin lubricitās, from Latin, from lūbricus slippery

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lubricity

Origin of lubricity

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