fulsomeness
- 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
When the Imperial government was established the old regicide made himself conspicuous even among the crowd of flatterers by the peculiar fulsomeness of his adulation.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The lines on Lord Lansdowne offend the more from the fulsomeness of the adulation.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
Seeking to compensate by his own vehemence for the unreceptiveness of his audience, the thin master of ceremonies heaped the Ossa of fulsomeness upon the Pelion of praise.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
When the sisters-in-law had embraced, with that unconvincing fulsomeness which is apt to result from a charitable act of oblivion, Janet turned lovingly to George and asked after his mother.
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold
