the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.
adj. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise.
adj. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Full; full and plump; fat.
Causing surfeit; cloying.
Offensive from excess, as of praise or demonstrative affection; gross.
Nauseous; offensive; disgusting.
Lustful; wanton.
Tending to obscenity; coarse: as, a fulsome epigram.
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adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Word Usage
"V. i.112 (241,5) [as fat and fulsome] [W: flat] _Fat_ means _dull_; so we say a _fatheaded_ fellow; _fat_ likewise means _gross_, and is sometimes used for _obscene_; and _fat_ is more congruent to _fulsome_ than _flat_."