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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



... had been known to attend a temperance meeting and a wake in the same evening. Yet no one ever questioned his bona fides, and if he had attended mass at Manitou in the morning, joined a heathen dance in Tekewani's Reserve in the afternoon, and listened to the oleaginous Rev. Reuben Tripple in the evening, it would have been taken as a matter ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker



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



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