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oiliness|ˈɔɪlɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. lit. Oily quality; the quality of being full of, covered with, or of the nature or consistence of, oil.
1598Florio, Oliosita, oylienes, fatnes. 1611Cotgr., Oleaginité, oylinesse, or an oylie substance. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 334 Unctuous bodies, and such whose oylinesse is evident. 1780A. Young Tour Irel. II. 199 The oiliness and richness of the ground. 1884Public Opinion 5 Sept. 302/1 The flax..wants that elasticity, pliancy, and oiliness, found in the produce of more temperate countries.
b. concr. The oily matter of anything.
1626Bacon Sylva §521 Fat and succulent leaves, which oylinesse if it be drawn forth by the sunne..will make a very great change. 1641French Distill. iii. (1651) 81 The oilinesse will separate from its body. 1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 36 Get some bran, and with it rub off all the oiliness.
2. fig. Smoothness of behaviour or speech; bland or flattering manner; ‘slipperiness’.
1851Helps Comp. Solit. ii. (1874) 16 The hardness, oiliness, and imperturbability of the world. 1900A. Hope Quisante iii. 32 In attempting smoothness, he fell into oiliness. |