Unctuousness

  • 21unctuous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French unctueus, from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus act of anointing, from unguere to anoint Date: 14th century 1. a. fatty, oily b. smooth and greasy …

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  • 22John Trevelyan (censor) — John Trevelyan (1903 1986) was Secretary of the Board of the British Board of Film Censors from 1958 1971.Trevelyan brought a more liberal approach to the role of Chief Censor than his predecessors claiming: We are paid to have dirty minds .… …

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  • 23Patrick McCarthy (musician) — Infobox musical artist Name = Pat McCarthy Img capt = Pat McCarthy Img size = 300px Birth name = Patrick John McCarthy Born = birth date and age|1960|02|17 flagicon|United Kingdom Lincolnshire, Genre = Jazz Occupation = jazz guitarist, songwriter …

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  • 24unctuous — unctuously, adv. unctuousness, unctuosity /ungk chooh os i tee/, n. /ungk chooh euhs/, adj. 1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. 2. of the nature of or… …

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  • 25fulsomeness — noun The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery. Syn: unctuousness, unctuosity, oleaginousness …

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  • 26obsequity — noun The state of being obsequious; unctuousness …

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  • 27unctuosity — 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… …

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  • 28oleaginousness — noun The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness …

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  • 29butter — Synonyms and related words: albumen, batter, bedaub, besmear, blandness, blarney, blubber, bonnyclabber, breeze, butter up, buttermilk, cataplasm, certified milk, cheese, clabber, clay, coat, condensed milk, cornstarch, cream, crush, curd,… …

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  • 30cant — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, L, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, about ship, affectation, affectedness, alert, angle, angularity, animate, animated, apex, argot, ascend, babble, back and fill, bank, be… …

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