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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1588, 1683-1691
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Lubricitie, -é, -y, n. [e.m.E. lubrycyte (Caxton), lubricitie, -e, -y, lewdness, wantonness (Caxton), slipperiness (1547), of the bowels (c 1550), shiftiness, instability (1613), F. lubricité and med.L. lubricitas lewdness, L. lūbricitas slipperiness.] a. Lasciviousness, lewdness. b. ‘Slipperiness’, instability, undependableness. —a. 1588 King Catechism 39.
That … nocht onlie we eschewe the infami of lubricitie or riotousnes, bot also diligentlie exerceis modestieb. 1683 Fountainhall Decis. I. 233.
This was a miserable reverse of fortune upon my Lord Lauderdale … and a great document to all statesmen of the lubricity & instability of their offices a1686 Turner Mem. 136.
This may sufficientlie let us see the lubricite of court favours and preferments 1691 Lauder Jrnl. 307.
To despyse the lubricity of this world which … playes with men as so many tinnise-balls
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