LUBRICITY


Meaning of LUBRICITY in English

/looh bris"i tee/ , n. , pl. lubricities .

1. oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.

2. ability to lubricate; capacity for lubrication: the wonderful lubricity of this new oil.

3. instability; shiftiness; fleeting nature: the lubricity of fame and fortune.

4. lewdness; lustfulness: lasciviousness; salaciousness.

5. something that arouses lasciviousness, esp. pornography.

[ 1485-95; earlier lubrycyte lewdness lubricitas lechery, LL: slipperiness. See LUBRIC, -ITY ]

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