lubrique

See also: lubriqué

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūbricus (literally slippery).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.bʁik/

Adjective

lubrique (plural lubriques)

  1. prurient (arousing sexual desire)
  2. lewd, lecherous
    • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “Une charogne”, in Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil], Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise:
      Les jambes en l’air, comme une femme lubrique, / Brûlante et suant les poisons, / Ouvrait d’une façon nonchalante et cynique / Son ventre plein d’exhalaisons.
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Further reading

Spanish

Verb

lubrique

  1. inflection of lubricar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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