1. having a smooth or slippery quality - the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious • Similar to: slippery, slippy 2. characterized by lust - eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer - her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature - prurient literature - prurient thoughts - a salacious rooster of a little man • Syn: lustful, prurient, salacious • Similar to: sexy • Derivationally related forms: salaciousness (for: salacious), salacity (for: salacious), pruriency (for: prurient), prurience (for: prurient), lustfulness (for: lustful)