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Definition of oleaginous in English: oleaginousadjective ˌəʊlɪˈadʒɪnəsˌoʊliˈædʒənəs 1Rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily. fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom Example sentencesExamples - In the space of a few short months, humanity has roused itself from the recurring nightmare of history - of bulldozer violence forever powered by oleaginous lies - and has flung open the curtains to let in the light.
- And who can forget those 60s ads where merry bands of nymphomaniacs roamed the streets seeking the tell-tale oleaginous glint of a man who had just applied Brylcreem - ‘Use more only if you dare!’
- The egg was like no egg I have ever seen: it had the appearance of a oleaginous floppy styrofoam sheet folded twice over into a perfect square.
- ‘Chalky’ feels like spending time becalmed in an oleaginous ocean, noxious gas clouds occasionally swirling round in the dim light.
Synonyms greasy greasy, fatty, buttery, swimming in fat, swimming in oil unctuous, fawning, ingratiating, smooth, smooth-talking, fulsome, flattering, glib, obsequious, sycophantic, soapy, servile, subservient 2Exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious. candidates made oleaginous speeches praising government policies Example sentencesExamples - I'm just telling you who the guy is - there's no reason why you should conclude that he is an oleaginous ex-autocrat who works for the interests of Western capital.
- It is fitting that the oleaginous politicians who so wrapped themselves in the expected glory of this purposeless structure have seen their carefully crafted images begin to fade as quickly as their Dome's delights.
- Perry is an architect who is bidding for a contract with an oleaginous millionaire.
- Around 140 people are milling around in the foyer before being led into the conference room where lights, music, videos and an oleaginous Master of Ceremonies kick things off.
- A scruffy soldier takes the stage, hired to appear by the oleaginous host.
- I'm not going to name our guests, because I don't want them to be associated with this place, and because a man whom I assume was the owner made such an oleaginous, starstruck fool of himself.
- Naturally, the oleaginous Gazoo publisher played down rumours that he might be seeking the no-hope gig.
- Unsurprisingly, our oleaginous Prime Minister, after striving to weaken protection for British workers on his last Euro-adventure, is in the vanguard of this movement.
- Every conversation was interrupted with oleaginous humility and victim-like whining.
- But to cap it all, when I met him shortly after in a corridor he was oleaginous and smiley.
- Evidently aware that namedropping is so Nineties, the oleaginous journalist has mastered the millennial equivalent - place-dropping.
- I gave an oleaginous greeting to my secretary and told her I had finished the consult.
- With some help from Mario whom even as a stripling I found pretty oleaginous, the French menu was interpreted.
- Philip was a sly and somewhat oleaginous character but also an effective, resolute, and respected king.
- The first, a likeable and oleaginous drunk of around fifty, was all.
- However, there was a downside to paying repeated homage to this oleaginous expatriate.
- ‘My dears,’ he crooned, in a soft, oleaginous tone, ‘I want you to come with me tomorrow on an ocean adventure.’
- Some of his more recent panegyrics to the ‘British dream’ emerge curdled and oleaginous.
- As a result, the guitar and organ solos are so greasy, they don't so much adorn the groove as drip from it, one oleaginous note at a time.
- Is the consultant being pleasant or oleaginous, altruistic or avaricious?
- In his review the other week, he wrote ‘I'm not going to name our guests,’ but went on to observe that, ‘the owner made an oleaginous, starstruck fool of himself’.
Synonyms obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, greasy, reptilian, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, uriah heepish, self-abasing
Origin Late Middle English: from French oléagineux, from Latin oleaginus 'of the olive tree', from oleum 'oil'. Rhymes cartilaginous, farraginous Definition of oleaginous in US English: oleaginousadjectiveˌoʊliˈædʒənəsˌōlēˈajənəs 1Rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily or greasy. Example sentencesExamples - The egg was like no egg I have ever seen: it had the appearance of a oleaginous floppy styrofoam sheet folded twice over into a perfect square.
- ‘Chalky’ feels like spending time becalmed in an oleaginous ocean, noxious gas clouds occasionally swirling round in the dim light.
- And who can forget those 60s ads where merry bands of nymphomaniacs roamed the streets seeking the tell-tale oleaginous glint of a man who had just applied Brylcreem - ‘Use more only if you dare!’
- In the space of a few short months, humanity has roused itself from the recurring nightmare of history - of bulldozer violence forever powered by oleaginous lies - and has flung open the curtains to let in the light.
Synonyms greasy greasy, fatty, buttery, swimming in fat, swimming in oil unctuous, fawning, ingratiating, smooth, smooth-talking, fulsome, flattering, glib, obsequious, sycophantic, soapy, servile, subservient 2Exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious. candidates made the usual oleaginous speeches in the debate Example sentencesExamples - As a result, the guitar and organ solos are so greasy, they don't so much adorn the groove as drip from it, one oleaginous note at a time.
- Some of his more recent panegyrics to the ‘British dream’ emerge curdled and oleaginous.
- It is fitting that the oleaginous politicians who so wrapped themselves in the expected glory of this purposeless structure have seen their carefully crafted images begin to fade as quickly as their Dome's delights.
- I'm just telling you who the guy is - there's no reason why you should conclude that he is an oleaginous ex-autocrat who works for the interests of Western capital.
- But to cap it all, when I met him shortly after in a corridor he was oleaginous and smiley.
- A scruffy soldier takes the stage, hired to appear by the oleaginous host.
- Unsurprisingly, our oleaginous Prime Minister, after striving to weaken protection for British workers on his last Euro-adventure, is in the vanguard of this movement.
- I gave an oleaginous greeting to my secretary and told her I had finished the consult.
- Perry is an architect who is bidding for a contract with an oleaginous millionaire.
- Naturally, the oleaginous Gazoo publisher played down rumours that he might be seeking the no-hope gig.
- However, there was a downside to paying repeated homage to this oleaginous expatriate.
- Every conversation was interrupted with oleaginous humility and victim-like whining.
- ‘My dears,’ he crooned, in a soft, oleaginous tone, ‘I want you to come with me tomorrow on an ocean adventure.’
- In his review the other week, he wrote ‘I'm not going to name our guests,’ but went on to observe that, ‘the owner made an oleaginous, starstruck fool of himself’.
- Around 140 people are milling around in the foyer before being led into the conference room where lights, music, videos and an oleaginous Master of Ceremonies kick things off.
- The first, a likeable and oleaginous drunk of around fifty, was all.
- Philip was a sly and somewhat oleaginous character but also an effective, resolute, and respected king.
- Is the consultant being pleasant or oleaginous, altruistic or avaricious?
- I'm not going to name our guests, because I don't want them to be associated with this place, and because a man whom I assume was the owner made such an oleaginous, starstruck fool of himself.
- With some help from Mario whom even as a stripling I found pretty oleaginous, the French menu was interpreted.
- Evidently aware that namedropping is so Nineties, the oleaginous journalist has mastered the millennial equivalent - place-dropping.
Synonyms obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, greasy, reptilian, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, uriah heepish, self-abasing
Origin Late Middle English: from French oléagineux, from Latin oleaginus ‘of the olive tree’, from oleum ‘oil’. |