oleaginous
Collocations
4ADJ.
slight, still
OLEAGINOUS + NOUN
mist
PREP.
in
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Oily, greasy.
[…] the use of Linseed-oyl, Tar, or such oleaginous Matter, tends much to their Preservation and Duration.
Looking back, it seemed to me that a slight oleaginous mist was still hovering round the chair.
Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
The oleaginous salesman convinced me to buy a more expensive car.
Cruz was obviously analogizing Bernie Sanders to the Bolsheviks and Hillary Clinton to the Mensheviks. The oleaginous Texan is an erudite slyboots, but his history is off-kilter.
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3[…] the use of Linseed-oyl, Tar, or such oleaginous Matter, tends much to their Preservation and Duration.
WiktionaryLooking back, it seemed to me that a slight oleaginous mist was still hovering round the chair.
WiktionaryHis once-black hair had faded to the color of used steel wool and now covered his bony skull in a peculiar oleaginous fuzz.
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