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Oleaginous   /ˌoʊliˈædʒənəs/   Listen
Oleaginous

adjective
1.
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.  Synonyms: buttery, fulsome, oily, smarmy, soapy, unctuous.  "Gave him a fulsome introduction" , "An oily sycophantic press agent" , "Oleaginous hypocrisy" , "Smarmy self-importance" , "The unctuous Uriah Heep" , "Soapy compliments"
2.
Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.  Synonyms: greasy, oily, sebaceous.  "Oily fried potatoes" , "Oleaginous seeds"



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"Oleaginous" Quotes from Famous Books



... but by corrosive Salts, I am ready to shew You, when You please, among other wayes of bringing over Flowers of Brimstone (perhaps I might add even Mineral Sulphurs) some, wherein I employ none but Oleaginous bodies to make Volatile Liquors, in which not only the colour, but (which is a much surer mark) the smell and some Operations manifest that there is brought over a Sulphur that makes ...
— The Sceptical Chymist • Robert Boyle

... brought before her. She was a very flabby and masculine woman, of great brains and keen penetration, and invariably had an oleaginous Jesuit priest at her elbow on important occasions to strengthen her religious standing and to give her decisions the force ...
— Mlle. Fouchette - A Novel of French Life • Charles Theodore Murray



Words linked to "Oleaginous" :   smarmy, fat, unctuous, fatty, insincere



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