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What (who) is fulsome - definition
fulsome
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a.
1.
Gross, excessive, offensively extravagant, offensive, nauseous.
2.
Nauseous, nauseating, offensive, disgusting, repulsive.
3.
Ribald, coarse, gross, tending to obscenity, questionable.
Fulsome
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·adj Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.
II. Fulsome ·adj Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
III. Fulsome ·adj Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; ·esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.
fulsome
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¦ adjective
1. complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree.
2. of large size or quantity; generous or abundant.
Derivatives
fulsomely adverb
fulsomeness noun
Origin
Usage
Although the earliest use of fulsome was 'abundant', this meaning was replaced by the negative sense 'excessively complimentary', and is now generally held to be incorrect. It is often heard in phrases such as fulsome praise, however, where the speaker merely means that the praise is abundant rather than excessively flattering.
Examples of use of fulsome
1. "The Obama one was more fulsome and sort of laid out the mathematical facts," Bivens said.
2. Now, you said something that was accurate, but I don‘t think fulsome, to Senator Kennedy.
3. That indicates far from the fulsome belief that the company will repay the debt.
4. Olmert smiled with satisfaction and showered the kiddies with fulsome praise.
5. An investigation certainly will give us and all interested parties a more fulsome answer."