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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1535
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Lubricus, Lubrecus, a. Also ? erroneous form: lubrius. [Med. L. lubricus: see Lubric. Cf. 17th c. Eng. lubricous (1646– ), slippery, smooth, also, shifty, unstable.] Lascivious. = Lubric a. 1. — 1535 Stewart 5449.
Rycht lubricus and full of vanitie, Of concubinis ane hundreth than had he 1535 Stewart 13170.
Rycht lubrius and full of licherie1535 Stewart 36441.
This Culenus . . . Rycht lubricus with sic lust and delyte
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