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oleaginous

[oh-lee-aj-uh-nuhs] / ˌoʊ liˈædʒ ə nəs /




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The oleaginous Bruno becomes both personification and executor of Guy’s desires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Ragoravich is predictably oleaginous, a man with a file cabinet full of hidden agendas, but he is charmingly persuasive, and the money has already been wired into Maggie’s account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

But the network intends to try by sliding another of its oleaginous dollops, Jesse Watters, into the 8 p.m. time slot once filled by "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023

But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

Excess of oil, albumen, and starch produce liability to arthritic, bilious, and rheumatic affections; a deficiency of oleaginous materials, scrofula, &c.”

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin


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