oleaginous
- having the nature or qualities of oil.
- containing oil.
- producing oil.
- unctuous; fawning; smarmy.
Origin of oleaginous
Related Words for oleaginous
buttery, fulsome, insincere, oily, sleek, smarmy, smooth, smug, suave, adipose, fat, greasy, rich, unctuous, blubbery, lardaceous, lardy, suetyExamples from the Web for oleaginous
Contemporary Examples of oleaginous
“You are a great man,” Arafat said, turning on his insincere, oleaginous charm.
It also gives it an oleaginous mouthfeel that I don't like in soup.
She will almost never be praised in public except by oleaginous flatterers desperate for social advantage.
Kissinger, at his oleaginous best, tries to reassure Nixon that, whatever the press says, the bombing achieved its intention.
Historical Examples of oleaginous
"That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
Religion is for the oleaginous, the fat-bellied, chylesaturated devotees of the table.
The Fiend's DelightDod Grile
In the Fero Islands candles are made from this oleaginous matter.
Reptiles and BirdsLouis Figuier
The presence of soluble salts in an emulsion is apt to occasion the separation of the oleaginous portion.
Mr. Hardie did not at first see the exact purport of this oleaginous periphrasis.
Hard CashCharles Reade
oleaginous
- resembling or having the properties of oil
- containing or producing oil
Word Origin for oleaginous
Word Origin and History for oleaginous
1630s, from French oléagineux (14c.), from Latin oleaginus "of the olive," from olea "olive," alteration of oliva (see olive) by influence of oleum "oil."
oleaginous
(ō′lē-ăj′ə-nəs)- Oily; greasy.