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Noun: oiliness  oy-lee-nus
  1. Consisting of or covered with oil
    - greasiness, oleaginousness
     
  2. Smug self-serving earnestness
    - fulsomeness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction

Derived forms: oilinesses

See also: oily

Type of: avoirdupois, blubber, fat, fatness, hypocrisy

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