Lubricity

//luːˈbɹɪsɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Degree of ability to lubricate. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness"

  2. 2
    feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness wordnet
  3. 3
    Evasiveness; shiftiness. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness"

  4. 4
    Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness. countable, uncountable

    "all the outrageous lubricities of Phallic worship (III, xvi)"

Synonyms

All synonyms
oilinessslicknessslipperinessanimalitycarnalityconcupiscence

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"Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness"

Etymology

From French lubricité or its source, Latin lūbricitās.

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