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Traditional English :: fulsome
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fulsomeness.html - adj. 1 disgusting by excess of flattery, servility, or expressions of affection; excessive, cloying. 2 disp. copious. In fulsome praise, fulsome means 'excessive', not 'generous'. fulsomely adv. fulsomeness n. [ME f. FULL(1) + -SOME(1)] |
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Traditional English :: fulsome
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fulsomeness.html - adj. 1 disgusting by excess of flattery, servility, or expressions of affection; excessive, cloying. 2 disp. copious. In fulsome praise, fulsome means 'excessive', not 'generous'. fulsomely adv. fulsomeness n. [ME f. FULL(1) + -SOME(1)] |
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Traditional English :: fulsome
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fulsomeness.html - adj. 1 disgusting by excess of flattery, servility, or expressions of affection; excessive, cloying. 2 disp. copious. In fulsome praise, fulsome means 'excessive', not 'generous'. fulsomely adv. fulsomeness n. [ME f. FULL(1) + -SOME(1)] |
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English Idioms :: full
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fulsomeness.html - See: HAVE ONE'S HANDS FULL, IN FULL SWING, TO THE FULL. |
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English Idioms :: full blast
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fulsomeness.html - {adv.} At full capacity. * /With all the research money at their disposal, the new computer firm was going ahead full blast./ |
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English Idioms :: full of oneself
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fulsomeness.html - {adj. phr.}, {informal} Interested only in yourself. * /Joe would be a nice boy if he would stop being so full of himself./ Compare: BIG HEAD. |
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