OILINESS

fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction

(noun) smug self-serving earnestness

greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness

(noun) consisting of or covered with oil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oiliness (usually uncountable, plural oilinesses)

The quality of being oily.

Anagrams

• elisions, isolines, lionises

Source: Wiktionary


Oil"i*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being oily. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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