Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fulsomeness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]

His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding.

2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.

And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves
will hide its coarseness with a veil. --Cowper.

3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
[Obs.] ``Fulsome ewes.'' --Shak. -- {Ful"some*ly}, adv. --
{Ful"some*ness}, n. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fulsomeness
n 1: excessive but superficial compliments given with affected
charm [syn: {unction}, {smarm}]
2: smug self-serving earnestness [syn: {oiliness}, {oleaginousness},
{smarminess}, {unctuousness}, {unction}]


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