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oleaginous

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌəʊ.lɪˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aegilnoosuStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

Word origin

Borrowed from French oléagineux, borrowed from Medieval Latin oleāginōsus (“oily”), from olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] 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.
  • His 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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