buttery

adj 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" [syn: {fulsome}, {oily}, {oleaginous},

{smarmy}, {unctuous}]

2: resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich

buttery cake"

n 1: a small room for storing foods or wines [syn: {pantry}, {larder}]

2: where students in British universities can purchase light

meals

mutter

To quietly enter a command not meant for the ears, eyes, or

fingers of ordinary mortals. Often used in "mutter an

{incantation}".

See also {wizard}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-02-06)