schmierig.
smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue)
Meaning & usage
smudgy, mucky (covered with sticky dirt or fat residue)
overtly polite, but with an underlying arrogance and possessiveness; oleaginous; unctuous; smarmy
Ihr Verlobter ist der typische schmierige Bankberater.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German smerwic, smerewic, from Old High German *smerwīg, *smerewīg, from Proto-West Germanic *smerwig, equivalent to Schmiere + -ig. Perhaps also influenced by earlier Middle Low German smērich, which is directly from smēr, cognate of German Schmer.
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