oleosityn.
/əʊlɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌoʊliˈɑsədi/ Now rare.† 1. The quality or consistency of being oily; oiliness. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness
oleaginity?a1425
oiliness1551
oleosity1612
oleity1656
oleaginy1678
oleaginousness1680
oleaginosity1694
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F By his viscositie, His oleositie, and his suscitabilitie. View more context for this quotation
1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 245 Saffron..is both notably Astringent; and hath besides, an Oleosity.
1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 252 To weare next the Body, Garments, that have in them, some Vnctuosity, or Oleositie, not Aquositie.
2. figurative. Unctuousness, obsequiousness; = oiliness n. 3. rare.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun]
fawninga1350
submission?a1439
overlowness1496
servility1573
servilenessa1594
obsequency1595
obsequiousness1613
cringing1617
slavishnessa1620
vernility1623
servulating1637
suppleness1638
sneakinga1657
subserviency1669
fawningness1672
subservience1680
cringingness1695
truckling1820
obsequience1830
flunkeyism1831
servilism1831
spanielship1832
toadyism1840
flunkeydom1850
oleaginousness1853
vassalism1854
toadying1863
grovel1892
obsequity1892
crawlsomeness1900
serfishness1906
oleosity?1920
ass-kissing1936
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > quality of being flattering
smoothnessa1616
blanditude1689
smooth-tonguedness1737
silkiness1832
oiliness1833
flatteringness1894
oleosity?1920
smarminess1934
?1920 E. Pound Instigations iv. 217 The particular oleosities of the Wellsian genre.
1997 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 Jan. b9 Clinton's bathos oozing from my radio last Monday was so anfractuous in its oleosity that I began to sit up and pay attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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