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Cosa (chi) è Unctuous - definizione
unctuous
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Unctious
['??(k)tj??s]
¦ adjective
1. excessively flattering or ingratiating.
2. having a greasy or soapy feel.
Derivatives
unctuously adverb
unctuousness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'greasy'): from med. L. unctuosus, from L. unctus 'anointing', from unguere 'anoint'.
unctuous
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Unctious
1.
If you describe someone as unctuous, you are critical of them because they seem to be full of praise, kindness, or interest, but are obviously insincere. (FORMAL)
...the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard often at diplomatic parties.
ADJ [disapproval]
2.
If you describe food or drink as unctuous, you mean that it is creamy or oily. (FORMAL)
ADJ
unctuous
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Unctious
a.
1.
Greasy, oily, fatty, fat, oleaginous, adipose, adipous, sebaceous, pinguid, butyraceous, unguinous.
2.
Smooth, bland, slippery, lubric, lubricous.
3.
(In a bad or offensive sense.) Smooth, bland, suave, over-complaisant, oily, plausible, sycophantic, sycophantish, parasitic, obsequious, adulatory, fawning, servile.
4.
(Also in a bad sense.) Fervid, over-fervid, full of unction, gushing, of affected warmth.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per Unctuous
1. A few, especially from the early years, are a bit unctuous.
2. He would take the wooden fork, spear a cube of this unctuous pink confection and proffer it to me.
3. His speech denouncing President Clinton as "immoral" during the impeachment spectacle was as unsurprising as it was unctuous.
4. Journalists tend to like Luskin: He‘s smooth and personable but manages not to come off as unctuous.
5. On Australian Princess, the butler is at his unctuous best, judging the ordinary girls who are almost as desperate as he is to be rich and famous.