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Definition of Oiliness
1. Noun. Consisting of or covered with oil.
Generic synonyms: Avoirdupois, Blubber, Fat, Fatness
Derivative terms: Greasy, Greasy, Oily, Oily, Oily, Oleaginous
2. Noun. Smug self-serving earnestness.
Generic synonyms: Hypocrisy
Derivative terms: Fulsome, Oily, Oleaginous, Smarmy, Unctuous
Definition of Oiliness
1. n. The quality of being oily.
Definition of Oiliness
1. Noun. the quality of being oily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oiliness
1. the state of being oily [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oiliness
Literary usage of Oiliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lubrication and Lubricants: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of by Leonard Archbutt, Richard Mountford Deeley (1907)
"... Viscosity ami oiliness of the Lubricant.—At low speeds, especially under heavy
loads, and in all cases where a complete oil film cannot form between the ..."
2. What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases by London Medical Society of Observation (1859)
"Sebaceous follicles— oiliness. Perspiration- general. local. characters. ...
General oiliness of surface. 68. Perspiration: — its amount, generally; ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... oiliness, happily, though it had no other bad taste, prevented them from taking
above a morsel or two. In a few hours after they had retired to rest, ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE PERCEPTION OF oiliness By LILLIAN WEST GOBBET and
ALICE HELEN SULLIVAN University of Colorado Introduction In reviewing the ..."
5. Fluidity and Plasticity: By Eugene C. Bingham by Eugene Cook Bingham (1922)
"... "oiliness" and since modern industrialism requires vastly more oil for
lubrication than could possibly be met by the available supplies of fatty oils, ..."
6. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"On the face, the favorite site for the oiliness is the nose and its immediate
... In fact, in all cases there is, as a rule, a slight oiliness of these ..."
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