Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lubricous

/ˈluːbɹɪkəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-bri-cous
IPA: /ˈluːbɹɪkəs/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slimy to the touch.

Example Sentences

"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 hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.

Inflected Forms

more lubricous (comparative) most lubricous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

lubricant lubricate lubricious

Questions

How do you pronounce lubricous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈluːbɹɪkəs/.
What does lubricous mean?: Slimy to the touch.
Where does lubricous come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin lūbricus (“slippery”). Doublet of lubricious.

How to pronounce lubricous

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