Definitions for oleaginous

oleaginous o·le·ag·i·nous

Spelling: [oh-lee-aj-uh-nuh s]
IPA: /ˌoʊ liˈædʒ ə nəs/

Oleaginous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 746 anagrams from letters in oleaginous (aegilnoosu).

Definitions for oleaginous

adjective

  1. having the nature or qualities of oil.
  2. containing oil.
  3. producing oil.
  4. unctuous; fawning; smarmy.

Origin of oleaginous

1625-35; Latin oleāginus of the olive, derivative of olea olive

Examples for oleaginous

Religion is for the oleaginous, the fat-bellied, chylesaturated devotees of the table.

“You are a great man,” Arafat said, turning on his insincere, oleaginous charm.

The presence of soluble salts in an emulsion is apt to occasion the separation of the oleaginous portion.

"That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.

Kissinger, at his oleaginous best, tries to reassure Nixon that, whatever the press says, the bombing achieved its intention.

In the Fero Islands candles are made from this oleaginous matter.

Mr. Hardie did not at first see the exact purport of this oleaginous periphrasis.

It also gives it an oleaginous mouthfeel that I don't like in soup.

She will almost never be praised in public except by oleaginous flatterers desperate for social advantage.

oleaginous matter floated on its surface, with which the Indians anointed their heads.

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