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Oiliness

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n. the quality of being oily

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being oily.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The quality of being oily; unctuousness; greasiness; oleaginousness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. smug self-serving earnestness

n. consisting of or covered with oil

Word Usage

"a certain fat and oiliness, which is of a nature akin to warmth; or simply, as surmised in the preceding article, from the confinement and separation of the air."

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