ˈunguentous, a. rare.
[f. unguent n. + -ous.]
1. Smeared with ointment; greasy.
| 1654 Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. ii. 73 His bed was full of holes, so that the Flocks broke through the breaches, and stuck all about his fulsome and unguentous Body. |
2. Of the nature of ointment.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 833 Unguentous things hinder transpiration. 1819 Metropolis III. 151 His unguentous compound has not hindered a spoke from being put into his wheel. |