Definition of Fulsame
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- abundant; copius
- : the fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits
- fully developed; mature
- : her fulsome timbre resonated throughout the hall
- excessively flattering (conotes insincerity)
- offensive to good taste; tactless;
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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