oleaginous
/ˌoʊ.liˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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."
- "The oleaginous salesman convinced me to buy a more expensive car."
- "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 Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure."
Etymology
Borrowed from French oléagineux, borrowed from Medieval Latin oleāginōsus (“oily”), from olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: oleāginōsus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊ.liˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
- British English: /ˌəʊ.lɪˈæd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
Inflected Forms
more oleaginous (comparative)
most oleaginous (superlative)