adjective
- having a slippery or smooth quality
- marked by wantonness or lechery
Usage: formal
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The lubricious surface of the ice made walking treacherous.
- Oil created a lubricious coating on the metal parts.
- The critic condemned the novel’s lubricious passages.
- His lubricious gaze made everyone uncomfortable.
- The lubricious texture of the soap helped it slip from her hands.
- Ancient moralists warned against lubricious behavior.