lu·bri·cious (lū-brĭsh'əs) also lu·bri·cous (lū'brĭ-kəs)
adj.

1. Having a slippery or smooth quality.
2. Shifty or tricky.
3. 1. Lewd; wanton.
   2. Sexually stimulating; salacious.

[Alteration of lubricous, from Latin lūbricus, slippery.]

lubriciously lu·bri'cious·ly adv.
lubriciousness lu·bri'cious·ness n.

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