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esculurjable (s.xiim)
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esculurjable (s.xiim)

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escolorgable,  escolorjable;  esculurgable;  (encullurgable)  
  FEW:  *excollubricare 3,279b Gdf:  escolorgeable 3,413c GdfC: ∅ TL: escolorjable 3,949 DEAF:  escolorgier (esolorjable)  DMF:  escolourgeable  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

slippery: 
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiim )  Seit fait la voie de els tenebruse et esculurjable  Arun Ps 25
( MS: s.xiii2 )  lubrica: encullurgable  TLL ii 7
( MS: s.xiiiex )  lubrici: e[s]culurgable  TLL i 40
♦fig.unstable, transitory: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  la richece mondaine Ki est escolorgable e vaine  Salemon 7918
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Puis ke le mund esculurjable [...]  Mirur1 130vb10
( MS: s.xiii2 ) les deliz del secle esculurjable  Prière DTC 8
♦flowing, always moving: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Kar ewe est chose esculurjable  Mirur2 2498
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encullurgable