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noun
Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
synonyms: fulsomeness, unction.
is a specific kind of: compliment.
derivation: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous.
Dutch: gladstrijken
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