buttery 1
— butteriness , n.
/but"euh ree/ , adj.
1. like, containing, or spread with butter.
2. resembling butter, as in smoothness or softness of texture: a vest of buttery leather.
3. grossly flattering; smarmy.
[ 1350-1400; ME buttry. See BUTTER, -Y 1 ]
buttery 2
/but"euh ree, bu"tree/ , n. , pl. butteries .
1. Chiefly New Eng. a room or rooms in which the provisions, wines, and liquors of a household are kept; pantry; larder.
2. a room in colleges, esp. at Oxford and Cambridge universities, from which articles of food and drink are sold or dispensed to the students.
[ 1350-1400; ME boterie bote BUTT 4 + -erie -ERY ]