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
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
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 Alexander Pope
If this were flattery, tone and manner robbed it of fulsomeness, rendered it subtle beyond the coarser perceptions of the man.
From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance
