buttery

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌtəɹi/, /ˈbʌtɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌt(ə)ɹi/ Hyphenation: but‧te‧ry === Etymology 1 === From Middle English buttry, equivalent to butter +‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of butyric, butter ultimately being from Latin būtȳrum and -y being a doublet of -ic. ==== Adjective ==== buttery (comparative butterier, superlative butteriest) Made with or tasting of butter. Resembling butter in some way, such as yellow color or smooth texture. (informal) Marked by insincere flattery; obsequious. Coordinate terms: oily, slick, smarmy (computing, video games) Ellipsis of buttery smooth. ===== Synonyms ===== butterish butterlike butyraceous butyric (rare) ===== Derived terms ===== butteriness ===== Related terms ===== peanut-buttery ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== buttery (plural butteries) (Scotland) A rowie. === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== buttery (plural butteries) A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom. (UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === See also === nothing-buttery === Anagrams === Buttrey, Tetbury, Utterby