buttery

Meaning

Adj

1. Made with or tasting of butter.
2. Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture.
3. (informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious.
4. Short for buttery smooth.

Noun

A rowie.

Noun

1. A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
2. A room in a university where snacks are sold.

Synonyms

flattering

unctuous

oleaginous

oily

smoothtongued

fulsome

larder

pantry

smarmy

soapy

adulatory

wine cellar

sleeky

sycophantic

oil

emulsive

complimentary

butter

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌtəɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: buttry

Inherited from Middle English: boterie

In summary

From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter + -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic.