Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
lubric . - Having a smooth, slippery surface, appearing as if oiled or varnished, as certain algæ and the elytra of certain Coleoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lubric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective mycology, biology
slimy to the touch.
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Examples
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The skin is lubricous, the flesh is soft and insipid and the fish often grows to the size of a man.
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Pause for a few minutes of lubricous sound effects followed by a sigh...
Hullabaloo 2004
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Pause for a few minutes of lubricous sound effects followed by a sigh...
Hullabaloo 2004
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Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, 185
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His search for sexual liberation brought forth lubricous playgirls who were as threatening as they were seductive — nineteenth-century repressions died hard.
Cultural Hothouse Schorske, Carl E. 1975
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We should be wary how we ascribe such lubricous thoughts to worms of the earth like ourselves; “but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him?”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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As a poet he was the first to strike in Spanish the true lyrical and subjective note, revealing unblushingly his own inner man in his scabrous "Libro de buen amor", which is in part an account of his lubricous love adventures.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Ben's h's became more lubricous with his rising indignation.
The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Ralph Connor 1898
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Dollar, its ecstasy in the mere thought of the Dollar -- there has been nothing like it in the world in any age or country, nothing so coarse, nothing so lubricous, nothing so bestial, except a French novel's attitude towards adultery.
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories Mark Twain 1872
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His position was lubricous as he drove over the rough ground, shaking the squaw and the old man well.
History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry Charles J. Stees 1864
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