lathery
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lathery
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This lathery adaptation, directed by Charles Jarrott for the producer Hal B. Wallis, stars a blonde Vanessa Redgrave as a swoony Mary and Glenda Jackson as a carnivorous Elizabeth.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
The last of the entrees, a juicy veal filet mignon, featured the nice salty crunch of a green sage and breadcrumb crust and the lathery sweetness of a parsnip-hazelnut purée.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2010
Next week a frustrated soap-opera character will have the dubious distinction of turning up in two lathery melodramas at the same time.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a few exceptions like La Bibbia, Italy's fumetti are sentimental soap-opera plots, as pure as they are lathery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Butsey White, a roly-poly, comical fellow of sixteen or seventeen, with a shaving-brush in one hand, held out the other with an expression of lathery solicitude.
From The Varmint by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
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