unguentousadj.
rare.
1. Smeared with ointment; greasy.
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ii. 73 His bed was full of holes, so that the Flocks broke through the breaches, and stuck all about his fulsome and unguentous Body.
2. Of the nature of ointment.
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1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 833 Unguentous things hinder transpiration.
1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 151 His unguentous compound has not hindered a spoke from being put into his wheel.
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