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unguinous

[uhng-gwi-nuh s]
adjective
  1. resembling, containing, or consisting of fat or oil; greasy; oily.
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Origin of unguinous

1595–1605; < Latin unguinōsus, equivalent to unguin- (stem of unguen) ointment + -ōsus -ous
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British Dictionary definitions for unguinous

unguinous

adjective
  1. obsolete fatty; greasy; oily
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin unguinōsus oily, from unguin-, unguen a fatty substance, from unguere to anoint, besmear
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