See Also: unseemly(1)(dictionary)
unseemly(2)(dictionary)
unseemly(dictionary)

greasy (iou) and unseemly(1) (iou)


greasy (iou)



greasy adjective. ['gri:si, -zi] E16.
[from GREASE noun + -Y1.]
Smeared, covered, or soiled with grease. E16.
V. Woolf I hate your greasy handkerchiefsyou will stain your copy of Don Juan. O. Manning A waiter..producing from an inner pocket a greasy, Food-splashed card. Practical Hairstyling & Beauty If your hair tends to get greasy after a week without washingthat's normal.
b. Esp. of language: obscene. L16-E19.
Composed of or containing grease; of the Nature of grease; spec. (of Food or diet) containing too much grease. L16.
T. Hood When a German dish is not sour it is sure to be greasy.
b. spec. Of wool: containing natural grease, uncleansed. L16.
Having the appearance or feel of containing or being covered with grease. E18.
T. Sharpe Their foreheads greasy with perspiration.
b. Of a road, path, etc.: slippery with moisture or mud. E19.
Dickens Just enough damp gently stealing down to make the pavement greasy.
c. Of the weather or the sky: threatening, stormy. E19.
Of a horse: suffering from greasy heels (see below). E18.
Of manner or expression: disagreeably unctuous. M19.
Thackeray With a..greasy simperhe fawns on everybody.
Special collocations: greasy heels a chronic inflammation of the skin and sebaceous glands of a horse's heels. greasy pole: greased for difficult climbing or walking on in Sports. greasy spoon (restaurant) slang a cheap inferior cafe or restaurant.
greasily adverb L16.
greasiness noun M16.

unseemly(1) (iou)



unseemly adjective. ME.
[from UN-1 + SEEMLY adjective.]
Unbecoming, unfitting; improper; indecent. ME.
D. Cecil The middle-aged man drunk is an unseemly spectacle. E. Pawel Her mother died. Her father remarried with unseemly haste.
Not comely or handsome. ME.
unseemliness noun LME.