lubricadj.
/ˈl(j)uːbrɪk/ 1. Smooth and slippery. Now rare.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery
slippera1050
slibbery?c1225
slidderya1250
slidder1398
lubric1490
slid1513
slippery1551
icy?1552
slipperous1585
glib1594
gliding1594
slicked1594
glibbery1601
lubrical1602
slape1671
slithery1825
slithy1855
butter-smooth1868
slick1901
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 32 Fortune..sette..vnder the feet of the righte chaste quene, thyng slypper and lubrik, for to make hir to ouerthrowe.
a1609 A. Hume Poems (1902) 171 Behold at how narow a rift that awld lubrik serpent hathe slydin in.
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 Sobs, whose thundring volleyes float, And roule themselves over her lubricke throat In panting murmurs.
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake (1699) 61 The Roof does sloping rise In a steep, craggy, and a lubrick Shore.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake iii. xvii. 304 The glossy sea was heaving bright..While far on her lubric bosom were seen The magic dyes of purple and green.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 84 They..turn up successively a dirty white belly or brown lubric back.
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 120 A lubric serpent.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiv. §1. 230 For life it selfe, alas how uncertaine Lubrick and fraile is it.
1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 109 Lubrick is the estate of Favorites.
1660 J. Lloyd Treat. Episcopacy 44 These adorations of the Cross &c...were very lubrick, so that it was a difficult matter to stand upright in them, and not to fall to superstition or idolatry.
3. Lascivious; wanton.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective]
golelichc1000
luxuriousc1330
jollyc1384
lustyc1386
Venerienc1386
nicea1393
gayc1405
lasciviousc1425
libidinous1447
Venerian1448
coltishc1450
gigly1482
lubric1490
ranka1500
venereous1509
lubricous1535
venerious1547
boarish?1550
goatish?1552
cadye1554
lusting1559
coy1570
rage1573
rammish1577
venerial1577
lustful1579
rageous1579
proud1590
lust-breathed1594
rampant1596
venerous1597
sharp-seta1600
fulsome1600
lubrical1602
hot-backed1607
ruttish1607
stoned1607
muskish-minded1610
Venerean1612
saucya1616
veneral1623
lascive1647
venereal1652
lascivient1653
hircine1656
hot-tempered1673
ramp1678
randy1771
concupiscenta1834
aphrodisiac1862
lubricious1884
radgie1894
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos ix. 36 Ne to make foul the holy purpose of thy castymonye by thuntrue note of lubryke & slypper luxurye.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 103 This king he wox rycht vile..Lubrik and louss, with licherous appetyte.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 45 My venerious Lubric and incensing spurre of desire.
a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) iii. i. 32 If I finde Any loose lubrick scapes in him.
1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew iv, in A. Killigrew Poems sig. a3 This lubrique and adult'rate age.
1909 J. Jusserand Lit. Hist. Eng. People III. 436 Here we have a Bellario, all virtue and sweetness..opposed to a series of lubric and ferocious monsters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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