单词 | lubricous |
释义 | lubricousadj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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]. 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