Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Covered with or containing oil. · Resembling oil. · Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA marble with an oily lustre. · Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).
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