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Vinony

oiliness

noun

  1. condition of being full of/covered with oil, oily quality
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English oily Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English oiliness From oily + -ness.

  1. 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; […].”