What does unctuosity mean?
Unctuosity means The state or characteristic of being unctuous..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state or characteristic of being unctuous..
Then followed the thunder of the captains and the shouting, and so we came on to the banquet, from whence there puffed out such an incense of unctuosity into the nostrils of our Gods of Church and State, that Lucullus or Apicius might have sniffed it in their Hades of heathenism.
[I]n place of the bland and genial affability of genuine cordiality and good will we have the smooth and oily unctuosity of its inferior counterfeit.
Use unctuosity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unctuosity means The state or characteristic of being unctuous..
Common synonyms include greasiness, oiliness, unctuousness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then followed the thunder of the captains and the shouting, and so we came on to the banquet, from whence there puffed out such an incense of unctuosity into the nostrils of our Gods of Church and State, that Lucullus or Apicius might have sniffed it in their Hades of heathenism.
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