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oiliness

oiliness noun: the quality of being oily.

Noun

oiliness (usually uncountable, plural oilinesses)

  1. (usually) The quality of being oily.
    • During his retirement, Deeley devised a method for testing the oiliness of lubricants, which he communicated to the Physical Society in 1919; […].1944 September and October, “The Late R. M. Deeley”, in Railway Magazine, page 266

oiliness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit

oiliness in Hindi

quality of being oily
नेह neh, चिकनाई ciknāī

oiliness in Tamil

பிசுக்குத் தன்மை, வழவழப்பு

oiliness in Kannada

ಜಿಗಿಲು, ಜಿಡ್ಡು

oiliness in Sanskrit

oiliness, unctuousness, fattiness, greasiness, lubricity, viscidity
स्नेह snéha

Forms of oiliness

pluraloilinesses

Origin of oiliness

From oily + -ness.

Phrases with oiliness

Questions about oiliness

What does oiliness mean?
Oiliness means the quality of being oily.
What is oiliness in Hindi?
Oiliness in Hindi is नेह (neh), चिकनाई (ciknāī). See Oiliness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is oiliness?
Oiliness is a noun.
What is the plural of oiliness?
The plural of oiliness is oilinesses.

Words near oiliness in the dictionary

  1. oiliest
  2. oiligarch
  3. oiligarchies
  4. oiligarchy
  5. oilily
  6. oiliness
  7. oilinesses
  8. oiling
  9. oiling up
  10. oilings
  11. oilionaire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oiliness (page history and authors); oiliness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oiliness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्नेह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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