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Significado (Inglés)

1. Having the nature or properties of an unguent or ointment; greasy, oily.
2. Having fat or oil present; fatty, greasy, oily.
3. Of an aroma or taste, or a beverage (such as coffee or wine) or food (such as gravy, meat, or sauce): having layers of concentrated, velvety flavour; lush, rich.
4. Of soil: soft and sticky.
5. (figuratively) Of a person:
6. (figuratively) Of a person:

Oposto a

ununctuous

Sinónimos

oily

greasy

oleaginous

soft

soapy

smooth

flattering

buttery

fawning

glib

unguentary

clammy

ingratiating

fat

fulsome

slimy

smarmy

mellow

mild

mucilaginous

mucous

obsequious

oozy

pietistical

pinguid

quaggy

smooth-tongued

softy

squashy

stabbing

sticky

subdued

sycophant

sycophantic

tallowy

viscid

vivid

waxen

oleic

honeytongued

devil’s own

toadyish

adulator

Vatinian

compliant

concentrated

creamy

crumby

cunning

deferential

Traducións

untuoso

ελαιώδης

onctueux

λιπαρός

zalamero

yağlı

mielleux

cremoso

untuoso

mellifluo

salbungsvoll

obséquieux

γλοιώδης

oléagineux

intense

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈʌŋ(k)t͡ʃʊəs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: unctuous

Relativo a italiano: untuoso

Relativo a Old French: onctües

Relativo a francés: onctueux

Relativo a portugués: unctuoso

Relativo a español: untuoso

In summary

From Late Middle English unctuous [and other forms], borrowed from Medieval Latin ūnctuōsus (“greasy, oily, unctuous”), from Latin ūnctum (“ointment; rich banquet; rich savoury dish”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly’ forming adjectives from nouns). Ūnctum is a noun use of the perfect passive participle of unguō (“to anoint; to smear with oil, to grease or oil”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint; to smear”).
Cognates
* Italian untuoso
* Old French onctües, unctueus, unctuose (modern French onctueux)
* Portuguese unctuoso
* Spanish untuoso