"Unctuosity" Quotes from Famous Books
... meant that the "coorse meat" gave out more "unctuosity" in the boiling—the meat being always served up boiled in a pot with vegetables, like the "bacon and greens" of the ... — Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) • William Henry Hurlbert
... — N. unctuousness &c. adj.; unctuosity[obs3], lubricity; ointment &c. (oil) 356; anointment; lubrication &c. 332. V. oil &c. (lubricate) 332. Adj. unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous[obs3]; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, ... — Roget's Thesaurus |