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单词 unctuous
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unctuousadj.

Brit. /ˈʌŋ(k)tjʊəs/, /ˈʌŋ(k)tʃʊəs/, U.S. /ˈəŋ(k)(t)ʃ(əw)əs/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s vnctuous, 1500s ounctuous; Middle English, 1600s vnctuos.
Etymology: < medieval Latin unctuōsus, < Latin unctum ointment, < unct-, participial stem of ung(u)ĕre to anoint. Compare Old French unctueus (French onctueux), Italian untuoso, Spanish untuoso, Portuguese unctuoso.
1.
a. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; oily, greasy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective]
unctuousa1387
ointuosea1400
unctuosec1400
unctious1477
unguinous1601
unguentous1684
salvy1861
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 113 Þe fruit of olyue is ful of liȝt, likynge, and vnctuous.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. b ij b The vnctuous fleme whiche is engendred by mynglynge, of vnctuous bloud and fleme.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 262 Gummes..and other vnctuous frutes and trees growing in hotte regions.
1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 22 Sallet oile, butter, or any other vnctuous things.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 202 As if all the unctuous parts that were wanting in the dried portion of the cheese had retired thither.
1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 64 When this Operation succeeds rightly, there comes forth, First, a thick unctuous Oil.
1818 Art of preserving Feet 105 The unctuous matter which exudes from excretory vessels.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 152 The poison itself is an unctuous gelatinous fluid.
b. Of meat: Greasy, fat, rich. Now archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective]
likingeOE
goodOE
lickerousc1275
deliciousa1325
daintya1382
dainteousc1386
daintiful1393
delicatea1398
merrya1398
savourlyc1400
liciousc1420
savourousa1425
daintethc1430
lustyc1430
feelsomea1450
nuttya1450
seasonablea1475
delicativec1475
unctuous1495
well-tasteda1500
daintive1526
savoury1533
exquisite1561
spicy1562
well-relished?1575
finger-licking1584
toothsome1584
taste-pleasinga1586
daint1590
relishsome1593
lickerish1595
tastesome1598
friand1599
tooth-tempting1603
relishing1605
well-relishing1608
neat1609
hungry1611
palate-pleasing1611
tasteful1611
palatea1617
tastya1617
palatable1619
toothful1622
sipid1623
unsoured1626
famelic1631
tasteablea1641
piquant1645
sapid1646
saporousa1670
slape1671
palativea1682
flavorous1697
nice1709
well-flavoured1717
gusty1721
flavoury1727
fine-palated1735
unrepulsive1787
degustatory1824
zesty1826
peckish1845
mouth-watering1847
flavoursome1853
unreasty1853
unrancida1855
relishy1864
toothy1864
flavoured1867
tasty-looking1867
hungrifying1886
velvety1888
snappy1892
zippy1911
savoursome1922
delish1953
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [adjective] > relating to meat > fat
unctuous1495
1495 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xix. xlv. 888 Vnctuous meete fletyth aboue for the lyghtnesse therof.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 18 b Meates..fatte and vnctuous, nourisheth, and maketh soluble.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. iii. f. 100 When their fingers are imbrued with any ounctuous meates.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. ii. sig. D3 The swelling vnctuous papps Of a fat pregnant Sow. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 241 They feed upon unctuous and sweet meats.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 471/2 Those unctuous morsels of deer's flesh.
in extended use.1675 N. Grew Disc. Tastes Plants i. §13 Contrary to an Unctuous Taste, are Astringent and Pungent.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 162/2 The exquisite and unctuous taste which this excellent mollusk gives.
c. Characterized by the presence of oil or fat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > characterized by presence of oil or fat
unctuous1641
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 84 Warming their Palace Kitchins, and from thence their unctuous, and epicurean paunches, with the almes of the blind.
1776 [see unctuous sucker n. at sense 1d].
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 664 Pallas rear'd him: her own unctuous fane She made his habitation.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iv. 40 There was something in the sound of the last word, which roused the unctuous boy.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits viii. 141 English day-laborers..are of an unctuous texture.
d. unctuous sucker n. (see quot. 1776).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cyclopteridae (lump-fishes) > member of genus Liparis (sea-snail)
sea-snail1686
burgau1753
sucker1753
suck-fish1753
unctuous sucker1776
Montagu's sucker1812
Montagu's sea snail1835
Montagu's sucking fish1836
snail-fish1840
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) III. iv. 135 Unctuous Sucker..this fish takes the name of sea snail from the soft and unctuous texture of its body, resembling that of the land snail.
2. Of ground or soil: Of a soft adhesive nature; fat, rich.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > soft or yielding
rotten?1440
mellow1531
sour1532
unctuous1555
heavy1577
omy1673
mellowed1798
sinky1828
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 196 As fat and vnctuous groundes..yelde a fast & firme moysture.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 30 Good and excellent Earth should be..not too unctuous nor too lean.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. ii. 18 Some [soils] are Unctuous and Sticking together.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 68 A soft unctuous Chalk, which is the best for Lands.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. 474 Their hunger is so great as compels them to eat..a kind of unctuous earth.
1815 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 2) xii. 297 When the matrix, or the substance which principally fills veins, is a soft unctuous clay.
1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. 435 A layer of unctuous shale or fuller's earth.
1867 D. G. Mitchell Rural Stud. 293 There are farms I know, unctuous with an accumulated fertility.
3. Of vapours, etc.: Partaking of the nature of oil or grease.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > specifically of vapours
unctuous1606
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. D3v For Shepheards fayne..That from Bodyes buried in Summer season, An vnctuos vapour, hot and dry, doth rise.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. Ev A humide exhalation, which we call Materia liquida, or the Vnctuous Water. View more context for this quotation
1656 A. Cowley Davideis iii. 116 (note) in Poems Lambent fire is, A thin unctuous Exhalation made out of the Spirits of Animals.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation iv. 170 Evening Trains of unctuous Vapours.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 390 Falling stars, which are thought to be no more than unctuous vapours, raised from the earth to small heights.
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. Introd. 19 Unctuous or inflammable gas.
1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 170 Unctuous meteors from spray to spray..flitted in broad noon-day Unseen.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xviii. 187 And an unctuous steam came floating out.
4. Having an oily or greasy feel or appearance. Also of feel, touch, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > of feel or appearance
unctuous1668
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 82 Being of an unctuous touch, and used for Sallets.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 44 But it is not at all unctuous to the touch.
1828 J. E. Smith Eng. Flora (ed. 2) II. 9 Pubescence mealy, friable, and unctuous.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 131 Excellently carved in oak, now black with time and unctuous with kitchen-smoke.
1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 17 To the touch the skin has a soft, smooth, somewhat unctuous feel.
5. Characterized by spiritual unction (in later use esp. of an assumed or superficial nature); complacently agreeable or self-satisfied:
a. Of persons.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective]
GodfrightOE
goodOE
ghostlyOE
Godfrightya1225
seelya1225
devout?c1225
piteousc1300
spiritualc1384
graciousa1387
godlyc1390
pitifulc1449
inwardc1450
piousc1450
evangelica1475
servantly1503
obedientiala1513
Christian1526
well-believing1529
God-fearing1548
resigneda1555
heavenly minded1569
timorate1570
Godfull1593
pious1595
fearful1597
devoutful1598
devotea1625
serious1684
unctuous1742
theopathetic1749
fire-spirited1845
theopathic1846
unctional1849
interior1854
devotionate1864
sacramental1874
pi1891
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]
pope-holya1387
Pharisaical1527
as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530
hypocritish1531
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
horse-holy?1589
sanctified1604
Pharisee-like1611
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
lip-holy1624
Bible-bearing1625
canting1663
unctuous1742
pietistical1753
pietical1782
goody-goody1785
goody1808
Sunday school1817
Pecksniffian1844
goodyish1848
goody-good1851
devil-dodging?1861
pietic1865
mawwormish1883
pietistic1884
mawwormy1885
pi1891
pietose1893
holier-than-thou1912
antimacassar1913
holy1958
1742 G. Cheyne Let. 22 Aug. in J. Byrom Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1857) II. ii. 331 I think him..more plain,..luminous, and unctuous, than any I ever met with.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 292/2 Bland, unctuous, and rosy as they appear, they are nevertheless excessively fastidious.
1882 J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne II. 138 A Quaker could not be drawn without being caricatured into an unctuous rogue.
1896 ‘I. Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 171 A certain class of smug, self-contented, unctuous men.
b. Of speech, conduct, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective]
fat1598
self-contented1631
self-pleased1633
self-satisfied1653
self-contenta1656
complacing1669
self-complacentiala1711
self-complacinga1711
self-complacent1736
complacent1767
pinguid1768
unctuous1822
paddy1865
1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 408/2 It was a pleasure to see the sable younkers lick in the unctuous meat, with his more unctuous sayings.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 27 Laying an unctuous emphasis upon the words.
1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. 217 In the corrupt and unctuous forms of a mechanical religious profession.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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