saponaceous

[ sap-uh-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

1. resembling soap; soapy.

saponaceous

/ ˌsæpəʊˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

1. resembling soap; soapy

Derived Forms

• ˌsapoˈnaceousness, noun

Other Words From

• sapo·naceous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of saponaceous¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from New Latin sāpōnāceus, equivalent to Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō ) soap + -āceus -aceous

Word History and Origins

Origin of saponaceous¹

C18: from New Latin sāpōnāceus, from Latin sāpō soap

Example Sentences

Some of the stranger words that surfaced: “furbelow,” “phobotactic” and “saponaceous.”

From Washington Post

The pericardium, like the pleura and the peritoneum, may be covered with a saponaceous film which is albuminous.

From Project Gutenberg

This Medicine, which is termed in Latin, the Polygala Virginiana, is certainly rather of a saponaceous attenuating Quality, and betrays not any Marks of Acidity, being rather moderately acrid.

From Project Gutenberg

The critic of the Back Alley Chronicle described me as giving a very 'saponaceous' rendering to my part.

From Project Gutenberg

The yolk being a saponaceous compound, and not an oily matter as is generally supposed, it readily combines with the water and passes out of the wool.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• buttery
• creamy
• oiled
• slippery
• waxy