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Oiliness

noun

Consisting of or covered with oil. Synonyms: greasiness, oleaginousness.

Smug self-serving earnestness. Synonyms: fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness.

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"Oiliness" Quotes from Famous Books

... an unnatural oiliness, variable as to degree. Its most common sites are the regions of the scalp, nose, and forehead. In many instances mild rosacea coexists with oily ...

— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon

Words linked to "Oiliness" : fatness, avoirdupois, blubber, fat, oily, hypocrisy, smarminess