saponaceous
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Etymology
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
Will you sell pounds of soap and pennyworths of tin tacks, or whole bars of saponaceous matter, and great tenpenny nails?’
From A Changed Man; and other tales by Thomas Hardy
When dry it did not fear water; though a saponaceous medium, it was not again soluble in water.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous."
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
The grey is a long, fibrous variety, possessing, in addition to strength, the much-prized saponaceous quality; and this is mostly found in the two Alpine valleys of Valtellina and d'Aosta.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
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