lubricious

Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricous.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /luˈbɹɪʃəs/

lubricious (comparative more lubricious, superlative most lubricious)

1. Smooth and glassy; slippery.
2. Lewd, wanton, salacious or lecherous.
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     Lubricious bank managers and building society chairmen who have never danced before throw off their jackets, confess to barren lives and worship Rick the giver of their sun and rain.

• lubriciously
• lubriciousness

• lubricant
• lubricate
• lubricous