Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fulsome
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1.
If you describe expressions of praise, apology, or gratitude as fulsome, you disapprove of them because they are exaggerated and elaborate, so that they sound insincere. Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president. = extravagant ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
adjective Etymology: Middle English fulsom copious, cloying, from full + -som -some Date: 13th century 1. a. characterized by abundance ; copious describes in ~ detail — G. N. Shuster ~ bird life. The feeder overcrowded — Maxine Kumin b. generous in amount, extent, or spirit the passengers were ~ in praise of the plane's crew — Don Oliver a ~ victory for the far left — Bruce Rothwell the greetings have been ~, the farewells tender — Simon Gray c. being full and well developed she was in generally ~, limpid voice — Thor Eckert, Jr. 2. aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive ~ lies and nauseous flattery — William Congreve the devil take thee for a…~ rogue — George Villiers 3. exceeding the bounds of good taste ; overdone the ~ chromium glitter of the escalators dominating the central hall — Lewis Mumford 4. excessively complimentary or flattering ; effusive an admiration whose extent I did not express, lest I be thought ~ — A. J. Liebling • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Usage: The senses shown above are the chief living senses of ~. Sense 2, which was a generalized term of disparagement in the late 17th century, is the least common of these. Fulsome became a point of dispute when sense 1, thought to be obsolete in the 19th century, began to be revived in the 20th. The dispute was exacerbated by the fact that the large dictionaries of the first half of the century missed the beginnings of the revival. Sense 1 has not only been revived but has spread in its application and continues to do so. The chief danger for the user of ~ is ambiguity. Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as “~ praise” is meant in sense 1b or in sense 4. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
adj. 1 disgusting by excess of flattery, servility, or expressions of affection; excessive, cloying. 2 disp. copious. Usage In fulsome praise, fulsome means 'excessive', not 'generous'. Derivatives fulsomely adv. fulsomeness n. Etymology: ME f. FULL(1) + -SOME(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. преувеличенный, чрезмерный to describe smth. in fulsome detail —- описывать что-л. слишком подробно 2. неискренний; льстивый; подхалимский fulsome flattery —- грубая лесть, подхалимство fulsome praise —- неискренняя хвала, превозношение 3. мерзкий, противный; тошнотворный 4. сл. отличный; весьма положительный fulsome praise —- лестный отзыв 5. всесторонний, полный fulsome view of the Middle East situation —- всестороннее рассмотрение положения на Ближнем Востоке ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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6.
- M.E. compound of ful "full" + -som "some." Sense evolved from "abundant, full" (c.1250) to "plump, well-fed" (c.1350) to "overgrown, overfed" (17c.) and thus "offensive to taste or good manners." Since the 1960s, however, it commonly has been used in its original, favorable sense, especially in fulsome praise. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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