lu·bric·i·ty

[loo-bris-i-tee]
noun, plural lu·bric·i·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, especially pornography.

Origin:
1485–95; earlier lubrycyte lewdness < Medieval Latin lubricitās lechery, Late Latin: slipperiness. See lubric, -ity

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lubricity (luːˈbrɪsɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  formal, literary or lewdness or salaciousness
2.  rare smoothness or slipperiness
3.  capacity to lubricate
 
[C15 (lewdness), C17 (slipperiness): from Old French lubricité, from Medieval Latin lubricitās, from Latin, from lūbricus slippery]

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Lubricity of the synthetic material was similar to that of commercial winter
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With hip-hop pushing toward the explicit, they now dispense sweet nothings as a
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