Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being lubricious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being lubric or slippery; slipperiness of surface, literal or figurative; hence, instability; transitoriness; evanescence; evasiveness.
- noun Capacity for lubrication.
- noun Lasciviousness; lewdness; salacity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction.
- noun Slipperiness; instability.
- noun Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Slipperiness ,oiliness . - noun
Evasiveness ,shiftiness . - noun
Lasciviousness ;propensity tolewdness ;lechery ,wantonness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Etymologies
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Examples
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After exhausting themselves with every kind of lubricity, they returned to their own room.
The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Anonymous
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And though the "lubricity" of these poems is free from some ugly features which appear after the Italian wars of the late fifteenth century, it has never been more frankly destitute of shamefacedness.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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"What a boy you are, Perce, to go on like that, why you must think I am well up in every kind of lubricity; it has never been my experience, much as I should like to see it.
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Because renewable jet fuel lacks sufficient weight and lubricity, international standards discourage airplanes from using more than 50% biofuel.
Frying the Friendly Skies Jack Nicas 2011
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It is fortunate that the operation of the roof support cylinders is intermittent in view of the poor lubricity of the HFA fluids.
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The tide was in, the water moving with the slow lubricity of freezer-chilled vodka.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The tide was in, the water moving with the slow lubricity of freezer-chilled vodka.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The tide was in, the water moving with the slow lubricity of freezer-chilled vodka.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The tide was in, the water moving with the slow lubricity of freezer-chilled vodka.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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Biodiesel has motor lubricity properties that compensate for the sulfur which was recently removed.
Why can't I buy gas without ethanol in it? Ann Althouse 2009
chained_bear commented on the word lubricity
"'Jack, first may I beg you not to gaze upon the young woman with such evident lubricity; it is not only uncivil but puts you at a moral disadvantage...'
"'It was a look of respectful admiration: and who is calling the kettle black, anyway?'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 31
March 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word lubricity
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October 9, 2008