oleaginous

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oleaginous - adj., of, containing, producing, or resembling oil, oily; falsely or smugly earnest, unctuous, fawning.


Mr. Collins around Lady Catherine, for ex. From French, from Latin oleagineus, of an olive tree, from olea, olive tree, from Greek elaia.

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