Oleaginous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oleaginous \O`le*ag`i*nous\, a. [L. oleaginus, oleagineus,
     belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. ol['e]agineux.
     See {Olive}, {Oil}.]
     Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oleaginous
       adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner
              or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome
              introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent";
              "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the
              unctuous Uriah Heep" [syn: {buttery}, {fulsome}, {oily},
               {smarmy}, {unctuous}]
       2: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy
          hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"
          [syn: {greasy}, {oily}, {sebaceous}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  OLEAGINOUS, adj.  Oily, smooth, sleek.
      Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as
  "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous."  And the good prelate was ever
  afterward known as Soapy Sam.  For every man there is something in the
  vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin.  His enemies
  have only to find it.