Olive-oily

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    With olive oil.

    "Heap onto hot olive-oily pasta."

  2. 2
    Resembling or characteristic of olive oil.

    "A motherly woman lived there with her son, Luigi, a gay young man with an olive-oily skin, glistening teeth and a rubbery smile."

Example

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"Heap onto hot olive-oily pasta."

Etymology

From olive oil + -y.

Related phrases

olive oiliness

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