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lubricous

/ˈluːbɹɪkəs/

lubricous adjective: slimy to the touch.

Adjective

lubricous (comparative more lubricous, superlative most lubricous)

  1. Slimy to the touch.
    • But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]1820, Sophocles, “Œdipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant. A Tragedy, in Two Acts. […]”, in Percy Bysshe Shelley, transl., edited by [Mary] Shelley, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […]...

Forms of lubricous

comparativemore lubricous
superlativemost lubricous

Origin of lubricous

Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.

Questions about lubricous

What does lubricous mean?
Lubricous means slimy to the touch.
What part of speech is lubricous?
Lubricous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lubricous?
Lubricous is pronounced /ˈluːbɹɪkəs/.

Words near lubricous in the dictionary

  1. lubricious
  2. lubriciously
  3. lubriciousness
  4. lubricities
  5. lubricity
  6. lubricous
  7. lubrifaction
  8. lubrification
  9. lubrifications
  10. lubrified
  11. lubrifies

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