Associations to the word «Unctuous»
Noun
| 1 |
Wiktionary
UNCTUOUS, adjective. (of a liquid or fatty substance) Oily or greasy.
UNCTUOUS, adjective. (of a wine, coffee, etc.) Rich, lush, intense, with layers of concentrated, soft, velvety flavor.
UNCTUOUS, adjective. (by extension) (of a person) Profusely polite, especially unpleasantly so and insincerely earnest.
Dictionary definition
UNCTUOUS, adjective. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.