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Lubricity

Lu-bric′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
lubricitas
: cf. F.
lubricité
.]
1.
Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction;
as, the
lubricity
of oil
.
Ray.
2.
Slipperiness; instability;
as, the
lubricity
of fortune
.
L’Estrange.
3.
Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
Sir T. Herbert.
As if wantonness and
lubricity
were essential to that poem.
Dryden.

Definition 2024


lubricity

lubricity

English

Noun

lubricity (plural lubricities)

  1. Slipperiness, oiliness.
    • 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, p. 42:
      Though her lubricity made it redundant, Anthea passed him the oil to caress her thighs.
  2. Evasiveness, shiftiness.
  3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lechery, wantonness.

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