Found 2 hits - Term: unctuousness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
unctuous \unc"tuous\ ?; 135, a. f. onctueux, ll. unctuosus,
fr. l. unctus anointment, fr. ungere, unctum, to anoint. see
unguent.
1. of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty;
oily; greasy. "the unctuous cheese." --longfellow.
1913 webster
2. having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
1913 webster
3. bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous
speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.
1913 webster -- unc"tuously, adv. --
unc"tuousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
unguent unc"tuously unc"tuousness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
unctuousness
n : smug self-serving earnestness syn: fulsomeness, oiliness,
oleaginousness, smarminess, unction
see also:
fulsomeness oiliness oleaginousness smarminess unction
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