"oily" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɔɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oily.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oilier [comparative], oiliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪli Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oylei}} Middle English oylei, {{suf|en|oil|y|id2=adjectival}} oil + -y, {{cog|de|ölig|t=oily}} German ölig (“oily”), {{cog|sv|oljig|t=oily}} Swedish oljig (“oily”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} oily (comparative oilier, superlative oiliest)
  1. Relating to or resembling oil.
    Sense id: en-oily-en-adj-5GXNof7n
  2. Covered with or containing oil. Translations (covered with or containing oil): λιπαρός (liparós) (Ancient Greek), তেলীয়া (telia) (Assamese), তেলাল (telal) (Assamese), промазан (promazan) (Bulgarian), olejnatý (Czech), oliehoudend (Dutch), öljyinen (Finnish), huileux (French), ölhaltig (German), olajos (Hungarian), майлы (maily) (Kazakh), майлуу (mayluu) (Kyrgyz), berminyak (Malay), hinuhinu (Maori), huileux [Jersey] (Norman), eeljich (Plautdietsch), oleoso [masculine] (Portuguese), oleaginoso [masculine] (Portuguese), oleento [masculine] (Portuguese), ма́сляный (másljanyj) (Russian), масляни́стый (masljanístyj) (Russian), olach (Scottish Gaelic), aceitoso (Spanish), oljig (Swedish), yağlı (Turkish), אייליק (eylik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-oily-en-adj-IrT2qW2U Disambiguation of 'covered with or containing oil': 4 95 1
  3. (figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Personality Translations (excessively friendly or polite): ласкателен (laskatelen) (Bulgarian), podlézavý (Czech), lipevä (Finnish), onctueux (French), еле́йный (jeléjnyj) (Russian), sliomach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-oily-en-adj-ythXRnqw Disambiguation of Personality: 0 2 51 24 24 Disambiguation of 'excessively friendly or polite': 0 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oyly [obsolete] Derived forms: oiliness, oily bitterling, oily rag, oily rice, oily-wad, smell of an oily rag Related terms: olive-oily Translations (relating to oil): তেলীয়া (telia) (Assamese), маслен (maslen) (Bulgarian), olejový (Czech), olieachtig (Dutch), öljyinen (Finnish), oleoso [masculine] (Galician), ölig (German), майлы (maily) (Kazakh), майлуу (mayluu) (Kyrgyz), oljeaktig (english: like oil) (Norwegian Bokmål), oljeaktig (english: like oil) (Norwegian Nynorsk), روغنی (rowğani) (Persian), oleoso [masculine] (Portuguese), oleaginoso [masculine] (Portuguese), oleento [masculine] (Portuguese), ма́сляный (másljanyj) (Russian), olach (Scottish Gaelic), compounds with olja (Swedish), yağsı (Turkish), yağımsı (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'relating to oil': 50 50 0

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oily.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oilies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪli Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oylei}} Middle English oylei, {{suf|en|oil|y|id2=adjectival}} oil + -y, {{cog|de|ölig|t=oily}} German ölig (“oily”), {{cog|sv|oljig|t=oily}} Swedish oljig (“oily”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} oily (plural oilies)
  1. A marble with an oily lustre.
    Sense id: en-oily-en-noun-WM66kDvu
  2. (in the plural, informal) Oilskins. (waterproof garment) Tags: in-plural, informal Categories (topical): Clothing, Liquids
    Sense id: en-oily-en-noun-KleWmlSJ Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 0 23 25 52 Disambiguation of Liquids: 8 13 16 14 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 30 6 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 3 15 5 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 2 9 20 14 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oyly [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "oiliness"
    },
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      "word": "oily bitterling"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oily rag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oily rice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "oily-wad"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "German ölig (“oily”)",
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    {
      "form": "oilier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oiliest",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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    }
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        "Relating to or resembling oil."
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        {
          "ref": "1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener",
          "text": "His clothes were apt to look oily and smell of eating-houses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, Robert Hichens, Wilderness, Chapter",
          "text": "[…] overdressed young men of enigmatic appearance, with oily thick hair, shifty eyes, and hands covered with cheap rings, swaggered about smoking cigarettes and talking in loud, ostentatious voices.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Covered with or containing oil."
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          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
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          "roman": "telia",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "তেলীয়া"
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          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
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          "roman": "telal",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "তেলাল"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "promazan",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "промазан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "olejnatý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "oliehoudend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "öljyinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "huileux"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "ölhaltig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "liparós",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "λιπαρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "olajos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "maily",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "майлы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "mayluu",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "майлуу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "berminyak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "hinuhinu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "huileux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "eeljich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oleoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "oleaginoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "oleento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "másljanyj",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "ма́сляный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "masljanístyj",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "масляни́стый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "olach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "aceitoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "oljig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "yağlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 95 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "eylik",
          "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
          "word": "אייליק"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "_dis": "0 2 51 24 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1914, Algernon Blackwood, The Damned",
          "text": "‘He had an inflexible will beneath all that oily kindness which passed for spiritual […]’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Excessively friendly or polite but insincere."
      ],
      "id": "en-oily-en-adj-ythXRnqw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Excessively friendly or polite but insincere."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "laskatelen",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "ласкателен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "podlézavý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "lipevä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "onctueux"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jeléjnyj",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "еле́йный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 98",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
          "word": "sliomach"
        }
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    }
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    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "telia",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "তেলীয়া"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maslen",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olejový"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olieachtig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "öljyinen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleoso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "ölig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "maily",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "майлы"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mayluu",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "майлуу"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "like oil",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "oljeaktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "nn",
      "english": "like oil",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "oljeaktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rowğani",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "روغنی"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleoso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleaginoso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "másljanyj",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "ма́сляный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "compounds with olja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "yağsı"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "yağımsı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oily"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oilies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oily (plural oilies)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play",
          "text": "Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies, and pearls).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life, page 39",
          "text": "But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A marble with an oily lustre."
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          "lustre"
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      ]
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          "_dis": "1 3 30 6 61",
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}
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      "word": "oily bitterling"
    },
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      "word": "oily rag"
    },
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      "word": "oily rice"
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          "ref": "1917, Robert Hichens, Wilderness, Chapter",
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        }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1914, Algernon Blackwood, The Damned",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪli/"
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    {
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "telia",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "তেলীয়া"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maslen",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "маслен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olejový"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olieachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "öljyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "ölig"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "maily",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "майлы"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mayluu",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "майлуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "english": "like oil",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "oljeaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "english": "like oil",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "oljeaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rowğani",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "روغنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleaginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "másljanyj",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "ма́сляный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "olach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "compounds with olja"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "yağsı"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to oil",
      "word": "yağımsı"
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      "code": "as",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "তেলীয়া"
    },
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "telal",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "তেলাল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "promazan",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "промазан"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "olejnatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "oliehoudend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "öljyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "huileux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "ölhaltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "liparós",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "λιπαρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "olajos"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "maily",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "майлы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mayluu",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "майлуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "berminyak"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "hinuhinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
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      "word": "huileux"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "eeljich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleaginoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "ма́сляный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "masljanístyj",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "масляни́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "olach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "aceitoso"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "oljig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
      "word": "yağlı"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "eylik",
      "sense": "covered with or containing oil",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "ласкателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
      "word": "podlézavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
      "word": "lipevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
      "word": "onctueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jeléjnyj",
      "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
      "word": "еле́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "excessively friendly or polite",
      "word": "sliomach"
    }
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}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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        "plural"
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      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play",
          "text": "Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies, and pearls).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life, page 39",
          "text": "But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]",
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        }
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        "informal"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɔɪli/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪli"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "oyly"
    }
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}

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