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单词 unctious
释义

unctiousadj.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s vnctius, vnctyous, 1500s–1600s vnctious, 1600s uncteous.
Etymology: < Latin unctum ointment: see -ious suffix.
Obsolete.
= unctuous adj. 1 (Common c1600–1725).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective]
unctuousa1387
ointuosea1400
unctuosec1400
unctious1477
unguinous1601
unguentous1684
salvy1861
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief
comfortable1377
comforting1382
easefulc1425
solaciousc1450
unctious1477
consolativea1492
consolatorya1500
comfortful1552
recomfortable1581
cordial1584
relieving1597
comfortizing1600
balmya1616
lenifying1617
consolating?1650
easinga1665
balsamic1667
relief-ful1699
consolinga1704
assuasive1713
solacing1721
soothing1746
consolate1748
reassuring1753
alleviative1770
cheering1796
assuaging1801
sooth1819
paramuthetic1854
soothful1886
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v. (Ashm. 1445) f. 67 Þe same degrees..Vnctius sapor engender euer shall.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xiii. sig. G.iiiv Euery thyng that is vnctious..dothe swymme aboue in the brynkes of the stomacke.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 84 That [moisture] which springs from the aire maketh them to prooue vnctious and ful of oyle and fat.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 510 The same also in the bruising will..be uncteous or fattie.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 659 That sea water is uncteous, Aristotle..beareth witnesse.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xv. 274 I will never use any other Oyle or vnctious matter in any medicine.
1697 T. Tryon Way to Health (ed. 3) vi. 100 Whereby it is made more Spirituous than other Waters, and of a fat unctious Quality.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. 408 Lamps that are supplied with more than ordinary quantities of oyl, or other unctious substances.
figurative.a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. vi. 31 Or is she gone to oyle the wings of Time With unctious pleasures in some foraine Clime?a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 2 Steepe thy stupid senses in unctious, in delightfull sports.

Derivatives

Obsolete.
ˈunctiousness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun]
unctuosity1398
unctuousness1398
greasiness1552
unctiousness1562
1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 27, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre So that nothinge else be burnte, but..certaine grosse vnctiousnes of the saltepeter.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 115 It burneth..clear and bright, as if the Sappe thereof, had a fire-feeding Unctiousness therein.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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