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OLEAGINOUS
Definition of OLEAGINOUS
adjective
Oily, greasy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
OLEAGINOUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of or relating to oil.
adjective
Falsely or smugly earnest; unctuous.
“oleaginous flattery.”
Having the qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
Figuratively, effusively and affectedly polite or fawning; sanctimonious; oily.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French oléagineux, borrowed from Medieval Latin oleāginōsus (“oily”), from olea (“the olive tree or its fruit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OLEAGINOUS in a sentence
“Amanda Platell, in the Daily Mail, wrote of the "tawdry, inexorable decline of Hugh Grant" whom she described as an "oleaginous, womanising lounge lizard".”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OLEAGINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OLEAGINOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of OLEAGINOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start OLEAGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found OLEAGINOUS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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