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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
| May 8, 2008 |
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| Word of the Week--"oleaginous" | |||||||||||
| Definition--1) containing oil;
oily. 2) unctuous; exaggerated
insincerity.
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| Discussion--Olive oil is a
blessing to cooks; it has many
healthful properties and provides many of the same cooking properties as
other less desirable oils
and fats. Still, in general, oil tends to have negative connotations as
we can see in this week's word
oleaginous, which carries in meaning none of the good
characteristics of the olive oil for which
it is named and all the slimy characteristics that are conjured up by an
oily, unctuous person. So while an
oleaginous sauce might be hard on your stomach, an
oleaginous person is sure to be hard
on your psyche.
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| Etymology--Oleaginous was borrowed from the Latin oleaginus or of the olive, with olea being Latin for olive. The Latin olive root can be seen in the following languages also. | |||||||||||
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