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saponaceous

American  
[sap-uh-ney-shuhs] / ˌsæp əˈneɪ ʃəs /

adjective

  1. resembling soap; soapy.

saponaceous British  
/ ˌsæpəʊˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. resembling soap; soapy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • saponaceousness noun

Etymology

Origin of saponaceous

First recorded in 1700–10; from New Latin sāpōnāceus, equivalent to Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō ) soap + -āceus -aceous

Example Sentences

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At the age of 37, Oumansky was Washington's youngest Ambassador�suave, saponaceous, brilliant and astute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wons puts them through a microphone in a voice hushed, saponaceous, insinuatingly folksy, with an ingratiating "Are yuh listenin'?" or "Isn't that pretty?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Some Mexican species produce pods that are boiled and eaten, and certain portions contain saponaceous properties.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

The pulp was then washed and made into paper and thereafter dipped in a saponaceous compound.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

Anon the rev. clergyman, emerging from the vestry-room to the right, will pass along the front of this jungle to the prie-dieu, and so, framed in flowers, face the congregation with his saponaceous smile.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

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