greasy

greas•y

[[t]ˈgri si, -zi[/t]] adj. greas•i•er, greas•i•est

1) smeared, covered, or soiled with grease

2) composed of or containing grease; oily:

greasy food[/ex]

3) greaselike in appearance or to the touch; slippery

4) cvb insinuatingly unctuous in manner; repulsively slick; oily

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Etymology: 1505–15 greas′i•ly, adv. greas′i•ness, n. pron: greasy is almost always pronounced as [[t]ˈgri zi[/t]] with a medial (z), in the South Midland and Southern U.S. and as [[t]ˈgri si[/t]] with a medial (s), in New England, New York State, and the Great Lakes Basin. Speakers of New Jersey and E Pennsylvania are divided, with some using (s) and some using (z). Standard British English reflects both (z) and (s) pronunciations and British folk speech is also divided regionally, with (z) heard in the eastern counties and (s) in the central and western ones. Both pronunciations were brought to the colonies.