PRONUNCIATION:
(loo-BRISH-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Lecherous.
2. Salacious.
3. Shifty or tricky.
4. Smooth and slippery.
2. Salacious.
3. Shifty or tricky.
4. Smooth and slippery.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin lubricus (slippery, smooth). Ultimately from the
Indo-European root sleubh- (to slide or slip), which also gave us slip, slop,
sloop, sleeve, and lubricate. Earliest documented use: 1584.
USAGE:
"The lubricious, often drooling Claudius himself, I reflect,
would have been into full-body massage."
Clive Irving; Ye Olde Dolce Vita; Condé Nast's Traveler (New York); Apr 2011.
Clive Irving; Ye Olde Dolce Vita; Condé Nast's Traveler (New York); Apr 2011.
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