Found 2 items, similar to Fulsomeness.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fulsomeness fulsomeness n 1: excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm [syn: unction, smarm] 2: smug self-serving earnestness [syn: oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fulsomeness 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. [1913 Webster]