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unctuousness

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈʌŋkt͡ʃuəsnəs/Part of speech nounSorted cennossstuuuStarts with UEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. smug self-serving earnestness

Word origin

From unctuous + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • Plum-pudding is the term bestowed upon certain fragmentary parts of the whale's flesh, here and there adhering to the blanket of blubber, and often participating to a considerable degree in its unctuousness.
  • Only Mr. Radbolt's unctuousness—surely it would have smoothed the stormiest waves—saved the social situation.

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