Oleaginous: rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily or greasy:
“fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom”
exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious:
“candidates made the usual oleaginous speeches in the debate”
Origin
late Middle English: from French oléagineux, from Latin oleaginus ‘of the olive tree’, from oleum ‘oil’.
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