单词 | lubricious |
释义 | lubricious (once / 157591 pages) 1adj 2adj A lubricious movie is one that your mother probably wouldn't want you to see, no matter how old you are. Something that's lubricious is inappropriately or offensively sexual. Something that's lewd or lascivious, like dirty pictures or skimpy clothing, can be described as lubricious. Occasionally lubricious is also used to mean tricky or sly, like a slick or lubricious used car salesman. A related meaning is "oily or slippery," like a lubricious bar of soap sitting in a puddle of water. This is actually the original meaning of the word, from the Latin root lubricus, "to make slippery or smooth." WORD FAMILYlubricious: lubriciously USAGE EXAMPLESAn early high point on Tuesday was a comically lubricious “Honeysuckle Rose,” part of a Fats Waller medley. New York Times(May 11, 2016) Düring was so clearly getting lubriciously wound up at the thought of Carrie’s torturous past. New York Times(Oct 11, 2015) The result is what summer reading should be: fast, carefree, visceral, and incipiently lubricious. The New Yorker(Jun 17, 2015) 1 adj characterized by lust 2eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer Syn lustful, prurient, salacious sexy marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest adj having a smooth or slippery quality the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious Syn slippery, slippy causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide |
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