OLEAGINOUS


Meaning of OLEAGINOUS in English

|ōlē|ajənəs adjective

Etymology: Middle French oleagineux, from Latin oleaginus, oleagineus of an olive tree, of an olive, from olea olive tree, olive, from Greek elaia — more at olive

1. : resembling or having the properties of oil

oleaginous liquid

an oleaginous smear

: containing or producing oil : oily

oleaginous matter keeps his wavy black hair slick — Darrell Berrigan

the crop of winter oleaginous seeds — Kay Boyle

2. : characterized by suave urbanity or sickly sentimentality

oleaginous disc-plugging crooners — Bernard Hollowood

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.