"lubricious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /luˈbɹɪʃəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lubricious.wav Forms: more lubricious [comparative], most lubricious [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricous. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|lūbricus|t=slippery}} Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”), {{dbt|en|lubricous}} Doublet of lubricous Head templates: {{en-adj}} lubricious (comparative more lubricious, superlative most lubricious)
  1. Smooth and glassy; slippery. Translations (smooth and glassy; slippery): хлъзгав (hlǎzgav) (Bulgarian), плъзгав (plǎzgav) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-lubricious-en-adj-DyK8ujND Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'smooth and glassy; slippery': 99 1
  2. (figurative) Lewd, lascivious, obscene, wanton, salacious or lecherous. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-lubricious-en-adj-ltslwKQk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lubriciously, lubriciousness Related terms: lubricant, lubricate, lubricous
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