lubricous
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluːbɹɪkəs/
Adjective
lubricous (comparative more lubricous, superlative most lubricous)
- (biology, mycology) Slimy to the touch.
- 1820, Sophocles, “Œdipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant. A Tragedy, in Two Acts. […]”, in Percy Bysshe Shelley, transl., edited by [Mary] Shelley, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], new edition, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1840, →OCLC, Act I, page 184:
- But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]