lubricous
1Lubricous — Lu bri*cous, a. [L. lubricus.] Lubric. [1913 Webster] …
2lubricous — index lascivious, lecherous, lewd, licentious, obscene Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3lubricous — (adj.) 1530s, lascivious, from L. lubricus slippery, smooth, from lubricus slippery (see LUBRICANT (Cf. lubricant) (adj.)). Literal meaning slippery, oily is from 1650s in English; figurative sense of shifty, elusive is from 1640s. Also… …
4lubricous — adjective see lubricious …
5lubricous — /looh bri keuhs/, adj. 1. (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery. 2. unstable; shifty; fleeting. 3. lubricious. [1525 35; < L lubricus slippery, LL: unstable] Syn. 2. unsteady, wavering, undependable. * * * …
6lubricous — adjective slimy to the touch …
7lubricous — is generally the preferred spelling for the word meaning slippery or lewd, but most dictionaries also accept lubricious …
8lubricous — adj. slippery, greasy; unstable; wanton; crude; lascivious …
9lubricous — a. 1. Smoothy, slippery, lubric. 2. Wavering, unstable, uncertain, lubric. 3. Lascivious, lewd, wanton, licentious, impure, salacious, unchaste, incontinent, lecherous …
10lubricous — adj 1. oily, slippery, slithery, greasy, greased, lubricated, oiled; buttery, oleaginous, unctuous, slick, Physiol. synovial; sleek, glassy, skiddy, icy, glossy, polished, varnished; soapy, waxy, lathered. 2. unstable, unsteady, unsteadfast,… …
