lubricous

[ loo-bri-kuhs ]

adjective

1. (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
2. unstable; shifty; fleeting.

   Synonyms: undependable, unsteady

3. lubricious.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lubricous¹

1525–35; < Latin lūbricus slippery, Late Latin: unstable

Example Sentences

He did so, and then governed like an evil-disposed boy—indulging the merest animal passions, listening to a small camarilla of low-born favourites, changing his ministers every three months, and acting on the impulse of whims which were sometimes mere buffoonery, but were at times lubricous, or ferocious.

From Project Gutenberg

With lubricous zeal, she and her homosexual brother compete for the lodger's favors.

From Time Magazine Archive

These faintly lubricous difficulties are ultimately straightened out in a court trial.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peter Sellers is perfectly hilarious as a lubricous bookworm, a wan don who thinks he is a Don Juan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peter Sellers is perfectly hilarious as a lubricous bookworm, a wan don who thinks he is a Don Juan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• buttery
• creamy
• oiled
• slippery
• waxy