OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 18423

oleaginous

/ˌəʊ.lɪˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
oleaginoso
Oily, greasy.
Looking back, it seemed to me that a slight oleaginous mist was still hovering round the chair.
[…] the use of Linseed-oyl, Tar, or such oleaginous Matter, tends much to their Preservation and Duration.
empalagoso
Falsely or affectedly earnest; persuasively suave.
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.
The oleaginous salesman convinced me to buy a more expensive car.