fulsome
adjective
offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross.
fulsomeness
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a word derived from
fulsome.
Example Sentences
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Aside from the fulsomeness of the introductory language, there does not seem to be much opportunity for comedy here.
From Time Magazine Archive
We saw our comradeship, our triumph over slogging days: there was magic flowing through our blood: that fulsomeness, that nothing could tarnish or remove.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
The Marchioness welcomed him cordially, later on, and Mr. Dane Montague and Mr. Hartwell seemed very harmless in their ill-chosen country clothes, and ingratiating almost to the point of fulsomeness.
From Jacob's Ladder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
He was savouring to its utmost fulsomeness the supremest joy which animal man can ever know—the joy of looking on a fallen enemy.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The Countess bowed stiffly to the red hat, and the red hat responded with eager fulsomeness.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
