moiety

Pronounced: MOT-uh-tee, noun

Notes: I didn’t know this at all

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Yesterday’s word

The word lubricious means

• lecherous
• salacious
• shifty; tricky
• smooth and slippery

First usage

Our word came into English in the late 1500s

Background / Comments

Our word came from the Latin word lubricus (slippery; smooth). I guess this is why the word looked like “lubricant” to me.