lubricity

UK /luːˈbɹɪsɪti/ US /luːˈbɹɪsɪti/
noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

Degree of ability to lubricate.

Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

Though her lubricity made it redundant, Anthea passed him the oil to caress her thighs.

2

Evasiveness; shiftiness.

Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

3

Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness.

all the outrageous lubricities of Phallic worship (III, xvi)

1906, Hilaire Belloc, , introduction to Essays in Literature and History by James Anthony Froude In one epoch lubricity, in another fanaticism, in a third dulness and a dead-alive copying of the past, are the faults which criticism finds to attack.

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