单词 | lubricity |
释义 | lubricityn. 1. a. Slipperiness, smoothness; oiliness. Also in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > lubricity or oiliness and slipperiness slippernessa1000 slipperiness1562 slipperishness1598 lubricity1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 477 The same liquor is easie to diuide into drops, and as apt again by the lubricitie thereof, to run into an humor. 1634 T. Carew Cœlum Britanicum 5 Hebe through the lubricity of the pavement tumbling over the Halfe-pace. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. ii. 179 The manifold Incompossibilities and Lubricities of Matter, that..would [not] be fit for any thing, if its shapes..were not..infinitely varied. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 165 The same lubricity was found in all, And all was moist to the warm touch. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 431 The shrillness or roughness of the voice depends on the internal diameter of the glottis, its elasticity, motility, and lubricity. 1831 S. Smith Speeches in Wks. (1859) II. 219/1 Hands, accustomed to the scented lubricity of soap. 1878 R. W. Emerson Fortune of Republic in Wks. (1906) III. 391 In creeping out of one snake-skin into another of equal..lubricity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of bowels or intestines > [noun] > weakness or slipperiness lubricity1547 lubrification1692 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ix Abhorsion..may come by ventosyte and lubrycyte of humours in the matryx. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (1585) D ij For ye lubricitie of ye bowelles when the meate cometh furth vndigestyd. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 225 It..roborates the Bowels, corects their Lubricity. 1755 S. Johnson Let. 31 Dec. (1992) I. 120 A very probable remedy for indigestion and lubricity of the bowels. 2. figurative. a. ‘Slipperiness’, shiftiness; unsteadiness, instability; elusiveness. Also with plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] unsadnessc1384 slipperness1401 slithernessa1492 untrust1563 lubricity1613 slipperinessa1618 fallacy1646 fallibleness1646 inevidence1658 undeterminationa1676 unevidencea1676 infidelity1777 untrustworthiness1808 unreliability1809 unreliableness1844 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 3) Lubricitie, lightnesse, slipery, inconstant. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxi. 87 The lubricitie of mundan greatnesse. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 213 How necessary it is that the holy Prophecies should..be made of uncertain Interpretation by undeterminable lubricities. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 30. 235 This lubricity of manner, and alienation of thought in his neighbour. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 505 The speech, in their judgment, exhibits more of the lubricity of the clever tactician than of the serious designs of the minister. 1874 J. L. Motley John of Barneveld (1879) II. xi. 47 The one ally on whom they had a right to depend..was slipping out of their grasp with distracting lubricity. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] overspeecheOE tongue-itch1540 multiloquy1542 long tongue1557 garrulity1581 slipperiness1589 polylogy1602 volubility1602 loquacity1603 lubricity1603 tonguiness1607 overspeakinga1610 talkativeness1609 philology1623 tongue-vice1628 glibness1633 futility1640 linguacity1656 garrulousness1727 linguosity1727 loquaciousness1727 multiloquiousness1727 jaw1748 multiloquence1760 flippancy1789 verbal diarrhoea1808 magpiety1832 big mouth1834 pleniloquence1838 chattiness1876 open-mouthedness1883 gabbiness1887 garrulance1890 irreticence1919 talkiness1934 ear-bashing1945 mee-mawing1974 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 202 The bulwarke of reason should..be set against it [the tongue], which..may stay.. that overflowing and inconstant lubricitie which it hath. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder Pref. 1 Defamation proceeding from the lubricity of the tongue. c. Mobility, suppleness. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [noun] starknessOE lithenessa1464 mobility1528 leathwakeness1548 stiffness1552 supplement1583 suppleness1603 spring1641 limber1786 lubricity1809 limberness1835 lissomness1857 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. ii. 184 You would not have been a martyr to the gout, and your limbs would have performed their functions with lubricity. 3. Lasciviousness, lewdness, wantonness. Also with plural an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] lustc1000 goleheada1325 luxury1340 luxurec1374 concupiscencec1386 gigletrya1387 nicetya1387 flesh-lusta1400 lovereda1400 sensualities1477 lascivity1490 lubricitya1492 libidinosity1509 luxuriousness1542 veneriousness1547 rammishness1552 luxe1558 ustion1559 lustinessa1575 luxurity1576 lusting1580 by-lusting1583 lasciviousness1590 lusciousness1594 epithymy1600 concupiscency1608 libidinousness1611 lustfulness1611 concupiscentiality1612 rampancy1652 venereousness1659 ustulation1660 lasciviency1664 salaciousness1727 lech1796 lustihood1798 randinessc1890 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. li. f. cviii/1 The poore doughter was two yere liuynge in lubrycyte and lecherye. 1593 A. Munday tr. C. Estienne Def. Contraries sig. m2 Mens vaine pleasures and idle lubricities. 1611 R. Richmond in T. Coryate Crudities sig. e2v The Ladyes of Lubricity that liue in the Bordello. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xxi From the Lechery of those Fauns, [he] thinks he has sufficiently prov'd, that Satyre is deriv'd from them. As if Wantonness and lubricity, were Essential to that sort of Poem. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 457 This lubricity was..very far from being general, and we had reason to believe that not a single married woman was guilty of infidelity. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. cxl Mischief and lubricity are..shadowed forth in the likeness of the monkey. 1883 M. Arnold in Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Nov. 2/1 What man is there that knoweth not that the city of the French is a worshipper of the great goddess Lubricity? 1902 Onlooker's Note-bk. ii. 12 Women gaze unmoved on the most risky plays and freely canvass the lubricities of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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