unctuosity

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unctuosity

noun unctuosities

uncountable, usually The state or characteristic of being unctuous. Then followed the thunder of the captains and the shouting, and so we came on to the banquet, from whence there puffed out such an incense of unctuosity into the nostrils of our Gods of Church and State, that Lucullus or Apicius might have sniffed it in their Hades of heathenism.
Similar: greasiness, oiliness, unctuousness

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@misc{unctuosity_2026,
  title = {unctuosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unctuosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}