saponaceous
Americanadjective
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Origin of saponaceous
First recorded in 1700–10; from New Latin sāpōnāceus, equivalent to Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō ) soap + -āceus -aceous
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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
At the age of 37, Oumansky was Washington's youngest Ambassador�suave, saponaceous, brilliant and astute.
From Time Magazine Archive
That one little cake saponaceous can make When the soap slips under the tub— Blank!
From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
The previously-formed saponaceous mixture is now to be placed in the mortar, and the ready-formed emulsion in the runner; the soapy compound and the emulsion is then carefully blended together.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
Will you sell pounds of soap and pennyworths of tin tacks, or whole bars of saponaceous matter, and great tenpenny nails?'
From Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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