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/ung"gwi neuhs/, adj.resembling, containing, or consisting of fat or oil; greasy; oily.[1595-1605; < L unguinosus, equiv. to unguin- (s. of unguen) ointment + -osus -OUS]
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Unguinous — Un gui*nous, a. [L. unguinosus, fr. unguen, inis, fat, ointment.] Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unguinous — a. Oily, unctuous, oleaginous … New dictionary of synonyms
unguinous — un•gui•nous [[t]ˈʌŋ gwɪ nəs[/t]] adj. greasy; oily • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L unguinōsus=unguin , s. of unguen ointment + ōsus ous … From formal English to slang
unguinous — /ˈʌŋgwənəs/ (say unggwuhnuhs) adjective consisting of or resembling fat or oil; oily. {Latin unguinōsus oily} …
unguinous — a. oily; fatty … Dictionary of difficult words
unguinous — /ung gwi neuhs/, adj. resembling, containing, or consisting of fat or oil; greasy; oily. [1595 1605; < L unguinosus, equiv. to unguin (s. of unguen) ointment + osus OUS] … Useful english dictionary
Unctuousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unctuousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unctuousness unctuousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 unctuosity unctuosity lubricity Sgm: N 1 ointment ointment &c.(oil) 356 Sgm: N 1 anointment anointment Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
unctuous — a. 1. Greasy, oily, fatty, fat, oleaginous, adipose, adipous, sebaceous, pinguid, butyraceous, unguinous. 2. Smooth, bland, slippery, lubric, lubricous. 3. (In a bad or offensive sense.) Smooth, bland, suave, over complaisant, oily, plausible,… … New dictionary of synonyms
greasy — adj 1. fatty, fat, sebaceous, adipose, pinguid, oleaginous, unguinous, lardacious, butyraceous; soapy, saponaceous, waxy; buttery, floating in grease or butter. 2. oily, unctuous, slippery, smooth, slithery, suave, smooth tongued, glib, facile,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
oily — adj 1. oil, oillike, oleaginous, oleoresinous. 2. greasy, greased, lubricated, lubricous, unctuous, unguinous, slippery, slithery, smooth; buttery, butyra ceous; fat, fatty, adipose, lardaceous, lardlike, lardy, pinguid, Physiol. sebaceous; soapy … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
