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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lu•bric•i•ty (lo̅o̅ bris′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - oily smoothness, as of a surface;
slipperiness. - ability to lubricate;
capacity for lubrication:the wonderful lubricity of this new oil. - instability;
shiftiness;
fleeting nature:the lubricity of fame and fortune. - lewdness;
lustfulness: lasciviousness;
salaciousness. - something that arouses lasciviousness, esp. pornography.
- Medieval Latin lubricitās lechery, Late Latin: slipperiness. See lubric, -ity
- earlier lubrycyte lewdness 1485–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lubricity /luːˈbrɪsɪtɪ/ n - formal or literary lewdness or salaciousness
- rare smoothness or slipperiness
Etymology: 15th Century (lewdness), C17 (slipperiness): from Old French lubricité, from Medieval Latin lubricitās, from Latin, from lūbricus slippery |