fulsome
31fulsome — UK [ˈfʊlsəm] / US adjective formal praising or thanking someone a lot, especially in a way that does not seem sincere Derived word: fulsomely adverb …
32long and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud — c 1576 T. WHYTEHORNE Autobiography (1961) 23 Hy women be layzy and low be lowd, fair be sluttish, and fowll be proud. 1591 J. FLORIO Second Fruits 189 If long, she is lazy, if little, she is lowde. 1648 HERRICK Hesperides 166 Long and lazie. That …
33Fulsomely — 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 …
34Fulsomeness — 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 …
35fulsomely — fulsome ► ADJECTIVE 1) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) of large size or quantity; generous or abundant: fulsome details. DERIVATIVES fulsomely adverb fulsomeness noun. USAGE Although the earliest sense of fulsome was… …
36fulsomeness — fulsome ► ADJECTIVE 1) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) of large size or quantity; generous or abundant: fulsome details. DERIVATIVES fulsomely adverb fulsomeness noun. USAGE Although the earliest sense of fulsome was… …
37foulsome — ˈfü(l)səm adjective Etymology: Middle English foulsom, alteration (influenced by foul) (I) of fulsom fulsome chiefly Scotland : disgusting, fulsome * * * foulsome, foulter obs. of fulsome …
38Fulsamic — Ful*sam ic, a. [See {Fulsome}.] Fulsome. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
39Edward Young — (June, 1681(As stated in Rev. J. Mitford s Biography of Young) April 5, 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night Thoughts .Early lifeHe was the son of Edward Young, later Dean of Salisbury, and was born at his father s rectory at… …
40performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
