{ "oleaginous":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": marked by an offensively ingratiating manner or quality":[] }, "examples":[ "the office manager greeted the corporate bigwigs with an oleaginous welcome that should have embarrassed him", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022", "The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022", "The latest incident of the Trump coterie casting new light on previously routine corruption in Washington came earlier this month, courtesy not of Trump himself, but of his oleaginous son-in-law. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022", "After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021", "The same goes for the oleaginous Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), the legal clerk who can worm into people\u2019s brains, as if into their guts, with his show of humility. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020", "And there is the womanizing Mr. Mantalini, whose gift for oleaginous flattery always persuades his long-suffering wife to take him back. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2020", "The administration\u2019s effort to promote Saudi Arabia as a regional proxy, to help effect its withdrawal, is also somehow oleaginous . \u2014 The Economist , 23 Apr. 2020", "Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious. \u2014 Jo Craven Mcginty, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Middle French oleagineux , from Latin oleagineus of an olive tree, from olea olive tree, from Greek elaia":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02c8a-j\u0259-n\u0259s", "\u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02c8aj-\u0259-n\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "adulatory", "fulsome", "gushing", "gushy", "hagiographic", "hagiographical", "oily", "soapy", "unctuous" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233515", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "oleyl alcohol":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an oily liquid unsaturated compound C 17 H 33 CH 2 OH found in fish oils and other marine-animal oils that is made by reduction or hydrogenation of esters of oleic acid and is used chiefly in making surface-active agents and plasticizers; cis -9-octadecen-1-ol":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143902" }, "oleander":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a poisonous evergreen shrub ( Nerium oleander ) of the dogbane family with clusters of fragrant white to red flowers":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014d-l\u0113-\u02ccan-d\u0259r", "\u02c8\u014d-l\u0113-\u02ccan-d\u0259r, \u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02c8", "\u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02c8an-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Blooming pink, red, and white oleander line the winding driveway, a mass of hot pink bougainvillea climbs their stone chimney, and dramatic views stretch to the ocean and surrounding mountains. \u2014 Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022", "Small black hummingbirds dance between copal trees, floating from the blooms of bright yellow oleander and dusty pink frangipani for nectar. \u2014 Michaela Trimble, Vogue , 7 June 2022", "But few of the ladies wafting in their enormous bonnets among the oleander on the garden terraces, or the gentlemen smoking cigars by the seawall, could see the shadows that were encroaching on their famous hosts. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 24 Apr. 2022", "Carson had learned that a compound from oleander , a toxic ornamental plant, had reduced reproduction of the virus in preliminary experiments, in monkey cells grown in the lab. \u2014 Dallas News , 15 July 2021", "Trumpist Mike Lindell, who amassed a $300 million fortune by huckstering branded pillows, urged the president to back an herbal oleander extract as a coronavirus treatment. \u2014 Matthew Hongoltz-hetling, The New Republic , 23 June 2021", "Consuming any part of the oleander plant can cause vomiting, along with changes in heart rate and heart rhythm, Wismer said, and the seeds, or beans, of castor oil plants can cause an upset stomach, tremors and organ failure. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2021", "Le Grand Controle offers up fabulous views of the palace's famous Orangerie, a garden building designed by French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart that features orange, lemon, oleander , palm and pomegranate trees. \u2014 Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN , 2 June 2021", "Among the plants subjected to the most damage were xylosma, oleander , boxwood, Japanese plum (loquat), dwarf pittosporum and viburnum. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Apr. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Medieval Latin, alteration of arodandrum, lorandrum , perhaps alteration of Latin rhododendron \u2014 more at rhododendron":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1545, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165709" }, "oleander aphid":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an aphid ( Aphis nerii ) that infests foliage and flower buds of oleander":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170727" }, "oleyl":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": oleoyl":[], ": the univalent radical C 17 H 33 CH 2 \u2212 derived from oleyl alcohol":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u014d\u02c8l\u0113\u0259\u0307l" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "ole- + -yl":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172904" }, "oleoyl":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the radical C 17 H 33 CO\u2212 of oleic acid":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u014d\u02c8l\u0113\u0259\u02ccwil" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "ole- + -oyl":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180619" }, "olecranon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the process of the ulna projecting behind the elbow joint":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u014d-\u02c8le-kr\u0259-\u02ccn\u00e4n", "\u014d-\u02c8lek-r\u0259-\u02ccn\u00e4n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek \u014dlekranon , from \u014dlen\u0113 elbow + kranion skull \u2014 more at ell , cranium":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1578, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185902" }, "OLED":{ "type":[ "abbreviation or noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an LED in which the light-emitting material is made from an organic compound":[ "But an even newer technology is intriguing the world's lighting designers: OLEDs , or organic light-emitting diodes , create long-lasting, highly efficient illumination in a wide range of colors, just like their inorganic LED cousins.", "\u2014 Eric A. Taub", "These OLED displays are indeed printable onto thin, flexible substrates.", "\u2014 Takao Someya" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014d-\u02ccled", "\u02cc\u014d-\u02ccel-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "o rganic LED":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1996, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-223938" }, "olefiant gas":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": ethylene":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6\u014dl\u0259\u00a6f\u012b\u0259nt-", "\u014d\u02c8l\u0113f|\u0113\u0259nt-", "\u014d\u02c8lef|" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "partial translation of French gaz ol\u00e9fiant , from gaz gas + ol\u00e9fiant , from ol\u00e9- ole- + -fiant , present participle of -fier -fy":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224940" }, "oleander fern":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a tropical fern ( Oleandra neriiformis ) of the family Polypodiaceae having coriaceous fronds that resemble oleander leaves":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234723" }, "olecranal":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, belonging to, or relating to the olecranon":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6\u014dl\u0259\u00a6kr\u0101n\u1d4al", "\u014d\u02c8lekr\u0259n\u1d4al" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin olecran on + English -al":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004626" }, "oleous":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": oily":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014dl\u0113\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin oleosus , from ole- + -osus -ous, -ose":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014317" }, "oleander scale":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024709" }, "oleate":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a salt or ester of oleic acid":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014d-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1823, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052422" }, "oleraceous":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having the qualities of a potherb":[ "oleraceous plants" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6\u00e4l\u0259\u00a6r\u0101sh\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin oleraceus, holeraceus , from oler-, olus, holer-, holus potherb + -aceus -aceous; akin to Latin helvus light-bay-colored":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073310" }, "oleo strut":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a cylindrical strut with a built-in telescopic shock absorber that damps or absorbs rectilinear shock (as in an aircraft landing gear) by forcing oil up through an orifice in the bottom of a hollow piston into an air-compression chamber":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014dl\u0113\u02cc\u014d-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "ole- + strut":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103536" }, "olefin":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": alkene":[], ": a synthetic fiber (such as polypropylene) derived from an alkene":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014d-l\u0259-f\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Then there are the toe and heel portions, which are lightly padded with polyester- olefin nanofibers that grip the inside of your shoe to prevent your foot from moving around and thus reduce the chance of friction blisters. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022", "This smart-looking, classic round patio umbrella features a durable water-resistant olefin canopy that offers UV protection and resists mildew, plus a crank mechanism to pop it open and auto tilt. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 17 May 2022", "Online reviewers found set-up to be much easier than expected and loved how comfy the olefin fabric was on the sofa. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022", "The removable cover is made of nylon, polyester, and olefin and is machine washable. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 9 May 2022", "The canopy, which operates on a crank lift system, is made from a sustainable olefin fabric that\u2019s weather-resistant and helps block out the sun\u2019s UV rays. \u2014 Lindsay Boyers, Forbes , 27 May 2021", "The canopy, which operates on a crank lift system, is made from a sustainable olefin fabric that\u2019s weather-resistant and helps block out the sun\u2019s UV rays. \u2014 Lindsay Boyers, Forbes , 27 May 2021", "The canopy, which operates on a crank lift system, is made from a sustainable olefin fabric that\u2019s weather-resistant and helps block out the sun\u2019s UV rays. \u2014 Lindsay Boyers, Forbes , 27 May 2021", "The canopy, which operates on a crank lift system, is made from a sustainable olefin fabric that\u2019s weather-resistant and helps block out the sun\u2019s UV rays. \u2014 Lindsay Boyers, Forbes , 27 May 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary, from French ( gaz ) ol\u00e9fiant ethylene, from Latin oleum":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140223" }, "olericulture":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a branch of horticulture that deals with the production, storage, processing, and marketing of vegetables":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u014d-\u02c8ler-\u0259-", "\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-r\u0259-\u02cck\u0259l-ch\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin oler- , olus , holer- , holus + English -i- + culture":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1886, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145718" }, "oleaster family":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": elaeagnaceae":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171140" }, "olericulturist":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a specialist in olericulture":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193627" }, "Oleales":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an order of dicotyledonous woody plants including the single family Oleaceae and being often included in the order Gentianales":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u014dl\u0113\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Olea + -ales":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203219" }, "oleandomycin":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an antibiotic C 35 H 61 NO 12 produced by a streptomyces ( Streptomyces antibioticus )":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02ccan-d\u0259-\u02c8m\u012bs-\u1d4an", "\u02cc\u014d-l\u0113-\u02ccan-d\u0259-\u02c8m\u012b-s\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "oleand rose, a sugar derived from oleandrin (a glycoside contained in oleander leaves) + -o- + -mycin":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1956, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225014" }, "oleostearin":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a solid residue of tallow remaining after removal of oleo oil or tallow oil and used chiefly in lard substitutes":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary ole- + stearin, stearine":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233517" }, "oleosome":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a fat or fatty inclusion in cytoplasm":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014dl\u0113\u014d\u02ccs\u014dm" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary ole- + -some":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003900" }, "olei-":{ "type":[], "definitions":{ "\u2014 see ole-":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", 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