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LUBRIC Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
slippery, unstable, lascivious, borrowed from Latin lūbricus "slippery, hard to hold, hazardous" (Late Latin also "morally weak, lascivious")
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lubric, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective lubric, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and ...
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LUBRIC definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. causing or tending to cause objects to slip a slippery road 2. liable to slip from the grasp, a position, etc 3. not to be relied upon; cunning and ...
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lubric
lubric, a. (ˈl(j)uːbrɪk) [a. F. lubrique or ad. L. lūbric-us, f. Aryan root *sleub-: see slip v.] 1. Smooth and slippery. Now rare.1490 Caxton Eneydos vii. 32 Fortune..sette..vnder the feet of the righte chaste quene, thyng slypper and lubrik, for to make hir to ouerthrowe. 1609 Hume Admonit. Poems ...
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Webster's Dictionary 1828 - Lubric
LU'BRIC, adjective [Latin lubricus, slippery.] ; 1. Having a smooth surface; slippery; as a lubric throat. ; 2. Wavering; unsteady; as the lubric waves of state.
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LUBRIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
adjective. Archaic. lubricous. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of lubric. 1480–90; < Latin lūbricus slippery, smooth, Medieval Latin: lewd.
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lubricious
lubricious, a. (l(j)uːˈbrɪʃəs) [f. L. lūbric-us lubric + -ious.] = lubricous, in various senses.1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 71 margin, Womens lubricious minds neuer content with any thinge when it is well. 1656 [see lubrical]. 1698 R. Ferguson View Eccles. 93 How Lubricious a Friend and Chang...
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lubric - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
lubricous. Latin lūbricus slippery, smooth, Medieval Latin: lewd; 1480–90. 'lubric ...
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Meaning of lubric - Scrabble and Words With Friends - WinEveryGame
lubric: Definition, sample sentence, origin, Scrabble and Words With Friends score.
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lubric - definition and meaning - Wordnik
from The Century Dictionary. Having a smooth surface; slippery; hence, voluble; glib. Unsteady; wavering. Lascivious; wanton; lewd.
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LUBRICANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of LUBRICANT is a substance (such as grease) capable of reducing friction, heat, and wear when introduced as a film between solid surfaces.
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Feargus B. Squire
(He joined the Lubric Company, manufacturer of lubricating oils and greases.)
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lubrifaction
lubriˈfaction ? Obs. Also lubre-. [irreg. f. L. lūbric-us lubric + -faction. Cf. next and lubrify.] The making slippery or smooth; lubrication. Also Path. (Cf. lubricity 1 b.)1542 Boorde Dyetary xii. (1870) 265 Euery thynge that is vnctyous is noysome to the stomacke, for as moche as it maketh lubry...
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lubrify
lubrify, v. Now rare. (ˈl(j)uːbrɪfaɪ) [ad. F. lubrifi-er (16th c.), irreg. f. L. lūbric-us lubric: see -fy.] trans. To make slippery or smooth; to lubricate. Hence ˈlubrifying ppl. a.1611 Cotgr., Lubrifier, to lubrifie, or make slipperie. 1628 Venner Baths of Bath (1637) 341 Some lubrifying, clensin...
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lubricitate
† luˈbricitate, v. Obs. rare—0. [? f. L. lūbric-us lubric, after facilitate.] (See quot.)1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Lubricitate (in Physick and Philos.), to make slippery. 1721 in Bailey. 1755 in Johnson.
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