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
The Chancellor's sense of proportion is curious, but may perhaps be condoned as of a piece with the fulsomeness of the day.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
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 Arnold Bennett
Cecil Rhodes, of course, had declared himself officially in accord with the High Commissioner, and even praised him to a degree of fulsomeness.
From Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker by Catherine, Princess Radziwill
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 Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
