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lubricity

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /luːˈbɹɪsɪti/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW0 B R IH1 S IH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Degree of ability to lubricate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Evasiveness; shiftiness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slipperiness, slickness, oiliness

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1906, Hilaire Belloc, , introduction to Essays in Literature and History by James Anthony Froude In one epoch lubricity, in another fanaticism, in a third dulness and a dead-alive copying of the past, are the faults which criticism finds to attack.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lechery, wantonness

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness

History

Etymology

From French lubricité or its source, Latin lūbricitās.