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fulsomeness
(encz) | fulsomeness,nechutnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
fulsomeness
(encz) | fulsomeness,nevkus n: Zdeněk Brož |
fulsomeness
(encz) | fulsomeness,odpornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fulsomeness
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | 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] |
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Fulsomeness
(gcide) | Fulsome \Ful"some\, a. [Full, a. + -some.]
1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew
fulsome, fair, and fresh. --Golding.
[1913 Webster]
2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or
grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from
excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
[1913 Webster]
And lest the fulsome artifice should fail
Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
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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