lubricous
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lubricous (comparative more lubricous, superlative most lubricous)
- (mycology, biology) Slimy to the touch.
- 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
- 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 hydrogene,
Sucked from men’s hearts