“It is glycerine rather than glucose which gives a wine that kind of smoothness which might almost be called unctuosity.”

“The skin did not recover its natural smoothness and unctuosity, till after several weeks had elapsed.”

“What did mere lack of physical beauty matter to one of his faith and denomination, to one of his social position and excessive unctuosity?”

“It is delightfully syrupy without a heavy unctuousness that can make all but the best fortified wines hard work.”

“A quick jolt in the microwave will restore its soft unctuousness, even if its soupiness is gone.”

“Sheets of pasta commingle with luscious chunks of pork in copious butter, the unctuousness cut with bitter arugula.”