saponaceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- saponaceousness noun
Etymology
Origin of saponaceous
First recorded in 1700–10; from New Latin sāpōnāceus, equivalent to Latin sāpōn- (stem of sāpō ) soap + -āceus -aceous
Example Sentences
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At the age of 37, Oumansky was Washington's youngest Ambassador�suave, saponaceous, brilliant and astute.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wons puts them through a microphone in a voice hushed, saponaceous, insinuatingly folksy, with an ingratiating "Are yuh listenin'?" or "Isn't that pretty?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Color the grease very strongly with alkanet root, then proceed as for the manufacture of saponaceous cream.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
It requires attention that an excess of dryer renders oil saponaceous, is inimical to drying, and is otherwise injurious.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
Among other notable trees are fine specimens of the camphor-tree, the tamarind, the broad-spreading mango, opulent in fruitfulness, the flowering magnolia, also the soap-tree, with its saponaceous berries.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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