From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulsome
adj 1: 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" [syn:
{buttery}, {fulsome}, {oily}, {oleaginous}, {smarmy},
{soapy}, {unctuous}]
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