Meaning of FULSOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'fûlsum
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" |
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| | Synonyms: | | buttery, insincere, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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