lubricous

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lubricous

/ˈluːbɹɪkəs/

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

adjective more lubricous · most lubricous

Slimy to the touch. But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]

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adj slimy

Español	lúbrico

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@misc{lubricous_2026,
  title = {lubricous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lubricous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}