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saponaceous, a.|sæpəˈneɪʃəs|
[f. mod.L. sāpōnācē-us (F. saponacé), f. L. sāpōn-em soap n.: see -aceous.]
1. Of the nature of, or resembling, soap; consisting of, or containing, soap; soapy.
1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 109 A Saponaceous Draught. 1731Arbuthnot Aliments i. (1735) 13 The Gall..is a saponaceous Substance, being compos'd of an Alkaline Salt, Oil, and Water, all which can be extracted from it. 1748Phil. Trans. XLV. 553 These..made a kind of Soap, or sulphureous saponaceous Salt, resembling Soap of Tartar. 1757Dyer Fleece i. 70 Rich saponaceous loam, that slowly drinks The blackening show'r. 1770Cook's 1st Voy. iii. viii. in Hawkesworth's Voy. (1773) III. 634 It was..saponaceous to the touch, and almost as heavy as white lead. 1812Brackenridge Views Louisiana (1814) 105 A kind of clay, of a dirty yellow, and of a saponaceous appearance. 1826Henry Elem. Chem. II. 293 Caustic fixed alkalis convert wax into a saponaceous compound. 1839Murchison Silur..Syst. i. vi. 81 Some portions of which [sc. shale] have a saponaceous feel. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 575 A saponaceous tooth powder should be used.
2. jocularly. ‘Soapy’, lit. and fig.; unctuous in manner; ‘slippery’, evasive.
1837Syd. Smith Let. to Archd. Singleton Wks. 1859 II. 294/1 Among all his pecuniary, saponaceous, oleaginous parishioners. 1860Sala Baddington Peerage I. xi. 192 Then did the uncertain chase after the pig with the saponaceous tail take place. 1864Ld. Westbury in Daily Tel. 16 July, This so-called synodical judgment was, no doubt, a well-lubricated form of words, but it was so oily, so saponaceous, that no one could grasp it. |