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Word of the Day for Thursday, May 14, 2009unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective: 1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. A warmed, crusty French roll arrives split, lightly smeared with unctuous chopped liver. She recalled being offended by the "phoniness" that stemmed from the contradiction between her mother's charming, even unctuous public manner and her anger in private. He approached Sean wearing a smile so unctuous it seemed about to slide right off his face. Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus, "anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to anoint, to besmear." | |||||||||
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