fulsomeness

2 definitions found

fulsomeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
     1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
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              His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
              fulsome, fair, and fresh.             --Golding.
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     2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
        grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
        excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
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              And lest the fulsome artifice should fail
              Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
        [Obs.] "Fulsome ewes." --Shak. -- Ful"some*ly, adv. --
        Ful"some*ness, n. --Dryden.
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fulsomeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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