Unctuous

Quick meaning: Unctuous is an adjective meaning (of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance) Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.

Meaning

(of a liquid, semisolid, or other substance) Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.

More Meanings

1. Having fat or oil present; fatty, greasy, oily.
2. Of soil: soft and sticky.
3. (figuratively) Of a person:
4. Of an aroma or taste, or a beverage (such as coffee or wine) or food (such as gravy, meat, or sauce): having layers of concentrated, velvety flavour; lush, rich.

Example Sentences

And unctuous meteors from spray to spray / Crept and flitted in broad noon-day / Unseen; […]

It is, of the one part, / A humide exhalation, vvhich vve call / Materia liquida, or the Vnctuous VVater; […]

In a word, after being tried out, the crisp, shrivelled blubber, now called scraps or fritters, still contains considerable of its unctuous properties.

[H]e took off the lid of the iron pot and there rushed out a savoury smell, while the bubbling sound grew deeper and more rich, and an unctuous steam came floating out, hanging in a delicious mist above their heads— […]

Synonyms for unctuous

Depending on context, synonyms include adipose, butyraceous, fatty, greasy, lardaceous, oily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oily, buttery, fulsome, smarmy, insincere, unguinous.

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