Meaning of Unctuousness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state or characteristic of being unctuous.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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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