/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 ]