fulsomeness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fulsomeness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fulsomeness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulsomeness n excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm Synonym(s): unction, smarm, fulsomeness smug self-serving earnestness Synonym(s): fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction
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.] [bd]Fulsome ewes.[b8] --Shak. -- {Ful"somely}, adv. -- {Ful"someness}, n. --Dryden.