What is another word for "unctuous"?
Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "unctuous": adipose, anointment, butyraceous, fat, fatty, greasy, lardaceous, lubricate, lubrication, lubricity, oil, oily, ointment, oleaginous, pinguid, saponaceous, sebaceous, slippery, soapy, unctuosity, unguinous, waxy.
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- Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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