greasy, oily
(adjective) smeared or soiled with grease or oil; “greasy coveralls”; “get rid of rubbish and oily rags”
greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous
(adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; “greasy hamburgers”; “oily fried potatoes”; “oleaginous seeds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
greasy (comparative greasier, superlative greasiest)
Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
Containing a lot of grease or fat.
(slang) shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
(obsolete) fat, bulky
(obsolete) gross; indelicate; indecent
(of a horse) Afflicted with the disease called grease.
• Gareys, Gearys, Yagers, gayers, gyrase, re-gays, yagers
Source: Wiktionary
Greas"y, a. Etym: [Compar. Greasier (
1. Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.
2. Smeared or defiled with grease. With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. Shak.
3. Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.
4. Fat of body; bulky. [R.] Shak.
5. Gross; indelicate; indecent. [Obs.] Marston.
6. (Far.)
Definition: Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
