banausic
SYLLABICATION: ba·nau·sic
PRONUNCIATION: b-nôsk, -zk
ADJECTIVE: 1. Merely mechanical; routine: “a sensitive, self-conscious creature . . . in sad revolt against uncongenially banausic employment” (London Magazine). 2. Of or relating to a mechanic.
ETYMOLOGY: Greek banausikos, from banausos, mechanic.
I posted the above for anyone like me who hadn't heard of either word before. Excellent words! I may have to replace 'unctuous' as my favorite word with 'contumacious' which has found a warm place in my heart.