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unctuose

unctuose adjective: synonym of unctuous (“greasy, oily”).

Adjective

unctuose (comparative more unctuose, superlative most unctuose)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of unctuous (“greasy, oily”).
    Synonyms:
    unctuous

Synonyms of unctuose

Forms of unctuose

comparativemore unctuose
superlativemost unctuose

Questions about unctuose

What does unctuose mean?
Unctuose means synonym of unctuous (“greasy, oily”).
What part of speech is unctuose?
Unctuose is an adjective.

Words near unctuose in the dictionary

  1. unctious
  2. unctiousness
  3. unctoria
  4. unctorium
  5. uncts
  6. unctuose
  7. unctuosities
  8. unctuosity
  9. unctuous
  10. unctuously
  11. unctuousness

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