Read full poem →That both extremes were banish'd from their walls,
Carthusian fasts, and fulsome Bacchanals;
And all mankind might that just mean observe,
Dictionary Entry
Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.
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Common Phrases
praise fulsomeflattery fulsomeadulation fulsome. fulsomecompliments fulsometribute fulsome
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Poetry examples for “fulsome”
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Read full poem →This doth delight me, this my courage cheers.
Fat love, and too much fulsome, me annoys,
Even as sweet meat a glutted stomach cloys.
Read full poem →"Have ye kept faith, proved mindful of honours we paid you erewhile?
Vain was the filleted victim, the fulsome libation! Too rash
Love in its choice, paid you so largely service so slack!