Synonyms for oleaginous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-lee-aj-uh-nuh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ liˈædʒ ə nəs

Top 10 synonyms for oleaginous

Other synonyms for the word oleaginous

Définition of oleaginous

Origin : 1630s, from French oléagineux (14c.), from Latin oleaginus "of the olive," from olea "olive," alteration of oliva (see olive) by influence of oleum "oil."

adj unctuous
adj fatty

Example sentences :

"That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Religion is for the oleaginous, the fat-bellied, chylesaturated devotees of the table.
Extract from : « The Fiend's Delight » by Dod Grile

In the Fero Islands candles are made from this oleaginous matter.
Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier

The presence of soluble salts in an emulsion is apt to occasion the separation of the oleaginous portion.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

Mr. Hardie did not at first see the exact purport of this oleaginous periphrasis.
Extract from : « Hard Cash » by Charles Reade

Oleaginous matter floated on its surface, with which the Indians anointed their heads.
Extract from : « Narrative of New Netherland » by Various

The old experienced shoe-wearers preferred an oleaginous, lustreless blacking.
Extract from : « A History of the Cries of London » by Charles Hindley

Oleaginous protectives do not prevent, but really favor, the absorption of phosphorus.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

Because friction generates caloric, which volatises the oleaginous particles of the stearine matter.
Extract from : « Adventures and Enthusiasms » by E. V. Lucas

Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous."
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

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