Definitions for fulsome
ˈfʊl səm, ˈfʌl-ful·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuousadjective

   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"; "soapy compliments"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fulsomeadjective

   Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.

2. fulsomeadjective

   Excessively flattering (connoting insincerity).

3. fulsomeadjective

   Abundant, copious.

   The fulsome thanks of the war-torn nation lifted our weary spirits.

4. fulsomeadjective

   Fully developed, mature.

   Her fulsome timbre resonated throughout the hall.

5. Etymology: Middle English. The meaning has evolved from an original positive connotation "abundant" to a neutral "plump" to a negative "overfed". In modern usage it can take on any of these inflections. See usage note

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FULSOMEadjective

   Etymology: from fulle, Saxon, foul.

   1. Nauseous; offensive.

   The skilful shepherd peel’d me certain wands;
   And in the doing of the deed of kind,
   He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes. William Shakespeare.

   He that brings fulsome objects to my view,
   With nauseous images my fancy fills,
   And all goes down like oxymel of squills. Wentworth Dillon.

   Now half the youth of Europe are in arms,
   How fulsome must it be to stay behind,
   And die of rank diseases here at home? Thomas Otway, Orphan.

   2. Of a rank odious smell.

   White satyrion is of a dainty smell, and bean-flowers: again, if the plant puts forth white flowers only, and those not thin or dry, they are commonly of rank and fulsome smell. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 507.

   3. Tending to obscenity.

   A certain epigram, which is ascribed to the emperor, is more fulsome than any passage I have met with in our poet. Dryden.

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1. fulsome

   Fulsome typically refers to something that is abundant, excessive, or insincere, especially in regards to compliments or praise. It often carries a negative connotation and suggests that something is overdone to the point of being tasteless or offensive.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fulsomeadjective

   full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled

2. Fulsomeadjective

   offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery

3. Fulsomeadjective

   lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity

4. Etymology: [Full, a. + -some.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fulsome

   fool′sum, adj. cloying or causing surfeit: nauseous: offensive: gross: disgustingly fawning.—adj. Ful′somely.—n. Ful′someness. [A.S. full, full, and affix -some.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fulsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fulsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fulsome in a Sentence

1. Saadi Shirazi:

   Heed not the flatterer?s fulsome talk, He from thee hopes some trifle to obtain; Thou wilt, shouldst thou his wishes baulk, Ten hundred times as much of censure gain.

2. Gonzalez Rogers:

   As a consequence, the trial record was not as fulsome with respect to antitrust conduct in the relevant market as it could have been.

3. George Jean Nathan:

   A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.

4. Stephanie Murphy:

   We're triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run-up to and on the day of January 6.

5. Peter Meijer:

   I would prefer that we have a more fulsome investigation into what happened. Most of what I know about January 6 came either from personal experience or from Twitter. But at the end of the day, I think it is obvious that the President is no longer qualified to hold that office.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fulsome
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fulsome
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fulsome
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fulsome
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fulsome