oleaginousadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊlɪˈadʒᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊliˈædʒənəs/

Forms: late Middle English oliaginose, 1600s– oleaginous.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French oléagineux.

Etymology: < Middle French, French oléagineux of the nature of oil (1314 in Old French in an isolated attestation, compare also Middle French oligineux , oleogineux ), producing or yielding oil (1690) < classical Latin oleāginus of or relating to the olive tree, in post-classical Latin also relating to oil (5th or 6th cent.; alteration of earlier oleāgineus of or relating to the olive tree, in post-classical Latin also oily (4th cent.) < olea olive tree (related to olīva olive n.¹) + -āgineus (in farrāgineus , corresponding to farr- , far corn: see farrago n.)) + French -eux -ous suffix.

a. Having the nature or properties of oil; containing oil or an oily substance; oily, fatty, greasy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > of the nature of oil

oleaginous?a1425

oilyc1475

oilish1547

oleous1601

oleose1675

trainy1716

oilyisha1722

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 115 (MED) Bath with leuke water & administracioun of oliaginose vnctyngez [L. vnctionum oleaginorum] of cold oilez.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xxiv. 1054 There are three differences of these oleaginous juices.

1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners i. i. 11 I'd have you know, mine are a sort of rare Oleaginous Sprats, Sprats that will melt in your mouth like an Anchovy.

1721 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher (new ed.) I. xi. xiv. 229 Receptacles of a Fat, or Oleaginous Matter.

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 332 The soft oleaginous state of the shales.

1861 Amer. Agriculturist Jan. 13/1 They mix it [sc. butter] with oleaginous and farinaceous substances, and make it thick and hard.

1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World I. i. 2 Like the oleaginous scum that pollutes the surface of a city river.

1919 Polit. Sci. Q. 34 172 The use of the federal taxing power..to protect dairy products from the too severe competition of oleaginous substitutes.

1993 Tatler July 61/1 Confit of duck with bean cassoulet includes a tasty and suitably oleaginous duck but bland beans.

b. Producing or yielding oil.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [adjective] > producing oil

oleaginous1651

oleiferous1804

1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 13 If you distill vegetables of a low price, and such as be oleaginous.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Oleaginous,..out of which Oyl may be press'd.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 154 Having in it a little oleaginous Kernel.

1794 R. Peters Let. 23 July in G. Washington Papers (2011) Presidential Ser. XVI. 424 Flax is a very uncertain Crop & a great Exhauster; as are all oleaginous Plants.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. i. ii. §3. 43 Growing flax, hemp..oleaginous plants.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 296 Sebaceous and oleaginous glands.

1915 Science 2 July 29/2 A picture of trilobites and other oleaginous Cambrian crustaceans.

1944 Rev. Econ. Stud. 12 64 (table) Cereals..Potatoes..Sugar beet..Oleaginous seeds.

2000 S. L. Greer Questioning Geopolitics App. i. 48 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit.

2. figurative. Exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious, unctuous. Cf. oily adj. 3.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective]

ficklinga1240

glozing1297

blandingc1315

blandishingc1374

glaveringc1394

fleering?a1400

sleekedc1400

faginga1425

smoothc1450

flattering1484

cogging1542

flatterous1546

butterya1585

smooth-tongueda1593

oily1598

silken1598

slick-tongued1598

soothing1599

sleek1601

slick1606

blandiloquous1615

supellectile1615

colloguing1620

losengeous1632

oiled-tongued1632

daubing1655

blandiloquious1689

smooth-booted1706

palavering1764

pill-gilding1764

oily-tongued1788

buttering1789

sleeky1810

smooth-spoken1821

oleaginous1833

butteraceous1837

saponaceous1837

soft-soapy1849

soapy1854

blarneying1884

smarmy1924

sweet-talking1956

smoothie1959

smarming1970

blandiloquent-

1833 T. S. Fay Crayon Sketches I. 45 Three low comedians, for the most part hearty, plump, oleaginous personages.

1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home xx. 255 The lank party who snuffles the responses with such oleaginous sanctimony.

1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 737/1 It was a face whose whole expression was oleaginous.

1903 E. Fawcett Voices & Visions 185 Ye deft and oleaginous diplomats.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 31 The shifty, oleaginous, power-greedy place-man Olympius.

2001 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 164/1 Elvis's tame musical taste vacillates between gospel standards and the oleaginous hits of Dean Martin.

Derivatives

oleagiˈnosity n. [ < post-classical Latin oleaginositas (1691 in the passage translated in quot. 1694) < classical Latin oleāginus (see oleaginous adj.) + -ōsitās -osity suffix] rare = oleaginousness n.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness

oleaginity?a1425

oiliness1551

oleosity1612

oleity1656

oleaginy1678

oleaginousness1680

oleaginosity1694

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. iii. 145/1 Filtring and exhaling it to an Oleagniosity [sic].

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 54 Whileas oleaginosity of ancestralolosis sgocciolated down the both pendencies of his mutsohito liptails.

oleˈaginy n. [after post-classical Latin oleaginitas oleaginity n. (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1678)] rare = oleaginousness n.

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