buttery
but·tery
noun
adjective
1.
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- “buttery praise”
- “gave him a fulsome introduction”
- “an oily sycophantic press agent”
- “oleaginous hypocrisy”
- “smarmy self-importance”
- “the unctuous Uriah Heep”
- “soapy compliments”
Origin
From Middle English boterie, from Old French boterie and Medieval Latin buteria, from Late Latin botāria, from a variant form of butta (“cask, bottle”). The form was probably influenced by butter.
Phrases
- buttery bar
- buttery hatch
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