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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Unc·tu·ous a.
 1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy. “The unctuous cheese.”
 2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
 3. Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid.
 -- Unc*tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Unc*tu*ous*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 unctuousness
      n : smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness, oiliness,
           oleaginousness, smarminess, unction]