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unctuous |
(adj): unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
(adj): vs. sincere) -- (lacking sincerity
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This word is the first that comes to mind to describe Mr. Collins from Pride and Prejudice.
'The coffee is free,'
an unctuous maître d'hôtel
once told him at lunch.
'If it's free it is ghastly,
or you, sir, are a jackass.'
- Peter Reading, Limns, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
Have no fear. Sionnach's on it. :-)
See also extreme unction, which I certainly hope someone has listed on their "Catholic Words" list...
"Now we can all be unctuous British gossip bitches" - Jordan McDeere, Studio 60
Greasy uncle?
-excessive piousness
-oily or soapy feel