lubricous

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/ˈluːbɹɪkəs/

adjective

Slimy to the touch.

OriginLatin lūbricus →
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Meanings

adjectivelubricous (comparative more lubricous, superlative most lubricous)

comparative more lubricous · superlative most lubricous

  1. biologySlimy 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; […]

    1820, Sophocles, “Œdipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant. A Tragedy, in Two Acts. […]”, in Percy Bysshe Shelley, transl., edited by [Mary] Shelley, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], new edition, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1840, →OCLC, Act I, page 184

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mucidslimyslipperyuliginous

Origin

  1. Latinlūbricus“slippery”
  2. Englishlubricous

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

More words from Latin

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Translations

Spanish lúbrico
  • lúbricoslimy
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APA

lubricous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lubricous

MLA

“lubricous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lubricous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lubricous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lubricous.

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