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lu⋅bric⋅i⋅ty
[loo-bris-i-tee] 
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–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness. |
| 2. | ability to lubricate; capacity for lubrication: the wonderful lubricity of this new oil. |
| 3. | instability; shiftiness; fleeting nature: the lubricity of fame and fortune. |
| 4. | lewdness; lustfulness: lasciviousness; salaciousness. |
| 5. | something that arouses lasciviousness, esp. pornography. |
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| lu·bric·i·ty (lōō-brĭs'ĭ-tē) n. The quality or condition of being lubricious. [Late Latin lūbricitās, slipperiness, from Latin lūbricus, slippery; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Lubricity
Lu*bric"i*ty\, n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F. lubricit['e].]1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. --Ray. 2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune. --L'Estrange. 3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency. --Sir T. Herbert. As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem. --Dryden.
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