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Oiliness

Oiliness \Oil"i*ness\, n. The quality of being oily.
--Bacon.

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oiliness

n. the quality of being oily

WordNet
oiliness
  1. n. consisting of or covered with oil [syn: greasiness, oleaginousness]

  2. smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction]

Usage examples of "oiliness".

But Chaikhe concentrated deliberately on the horror of Gerlach, his oiliness, the grotesqueries of his waddling gait and panting wheezes for breath, learning what m'metanei called hate, a disunity beyond e-takkhe, a desire beyond vaikka-nasul, a lust beyond reason.