About The Word Oleaginous
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Oleaginous
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What's The Definition Of Oleaginous?
[adj] containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
[adj] unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" Synonyms | Synonyms for Oleaginous: buttery | fat | fatty | fulsome | greasy | insincere | oily | sebaceous | smarmy | unctuous Related Terms | Find terms related to Oleaginous: See Also | Oleaginous In Webster's Dictionary \O`le*ag`i*nous\, a. [L. oleaginus, oleagineus,
belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. ol['e]agineux.
See {Olive}, {Oil}.]
Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
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