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Lubricous

//ˈluːbɹɪkəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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 hydrogene, Sucked from men’s hearts"

Etymology

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

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