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单词 lubricous
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lubricousadj.

/ˈl(j)uːbrɪkəs/
Forms: Also 1500s Scottish lubricus.
Etymology: < Latin lūbricus lubric adj. + -ous suffix.
1. Slippery, smooth; slimy; oily.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > of the nature of oil > oily and slippery
sliddera1000
slippera1050
fugitivec1485
slippery1551
lubricous1659
soapy1732
saponaceous1837
lubricate1848
fugacious1872
1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. vi. 177 It is not such a lubricous Substance as the Animal Spirits, nor so disunited.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 130 The parts of it being very voluble and lubricous,..it easily insinuates it self into..the Tubes.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxiii. 376 Consider the fluid in a vessel..to consist of a vast number of small, equal, lubricous, spherical globules.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 119 Without falling..from their lubricous or seemingly perilous station.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 543/2 The skin of the Cephalopods is thin and lubricous.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 163 [Ulva bulbosa] with its excessively soft and lubricous masses, appearing as if in a state of fermentation.
2. figurative.
a. ‘Slippery’, shifty; unstable; elusive.
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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
1646 Speech without Doors defended without Reason 7 He..leaves the safety of Embassadors in a most lubricous posture.
1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) App. ix. 343 This proof or reason is the most lubricous and unmanageable of any that I have made use of.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 125 All observations of this kind must be very lubricous and uncertain.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 230 She..transferred, with a lubricous mobility [L. mobilitate lubrica], her nefarious love to a far more pernicious hatred.
b. Voluble, glib. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 49 Such a lubricous Faculty of spouting out so many Prodigal Expressions.
c. Insinuating. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 50. 394 A certain magical grace of manner, a lubricous insinuating softness slides into every action and gesture.
3. Lascivious, wanton. rare.
ΘΚΠ
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
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 533 Rycht lubricus with sic lust and delyte, As brutell best takis his appetyte.
1898 Q. Rev. Jan. 193 The lubricous fancies of a half-demented day-dreamer [Rousseau].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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