unctuous• Dave is genuinely friendly without being unctuous.• The fat man loudly prattledunctuousapologies.• Beyond that, it promises to provide a weeklyprimer on dopey and unctuous behavior among upscalehillbillies who dress well.• unctuous food• Rather, it was a way of rejectingunctuous, masochistic denial - which might narrow his perspectives.• More subtly there is the unctuoussadism of money and of social rank.• He seemed anxious to please, but not in an unctuous way.
Originunctuous
(1300-1400)Medieval Latinunctuosus, from Latinunctum“ointment”, from unguere; → UNGUENT