oily

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Covered with or containing oil.
2. Resembling oil.
3. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.

Noun

1. A marble with an oily lustre.
2. (in-plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)

Conceptes

greixós

oliós

gras

greixinós

oleaginós

Sinònims

greasy

unctuous

fatty

oleaginous

fat

buttery

oil

rich

🤑

oiled

creamy

sebaceous

oily rag

smoothtongued

slick

adipose

slippery

cunning

smarmy

dirty

soapy

fulsome

oil-bearing

suety

tallowy

tasty

unctuosity

unethical

glib-tongued

sebum

brimming with melted fat

oil-based

oleic

unguentary

clatty

butter

🧈

butyraceous

emulsive

evasive

flattering

flip

glib

grease

greased

gunky

ingratiating

lard

lardy

lubricated

pinguid

saponaceous

Traduccions

huileux

ölig

fettig

oleoso

graisseux

grasiento

oleoso

gras

onctueux

aceitoso

gordo

oléagineux

λαδερός

λαδωμένος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɔɪli/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: oylei

Cognat amb alemany: ölig

Cognat amb suec: oljig

In summary

From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).