Ful"some (?), a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not
shriveled. [Obs.]
His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and
fresh.
Golding.
2. Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness;
cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as,
fulsome flattery.
And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its
coarseness with a veil.
Cowper.
3. Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. [Obs.]
"Fulsome ewes." Shak.
-- Ful"some*ly, adv. -- Ful"some*ness, n. Dryden.
Ful"vid (?), a. [LL. fulvidus, fr. L. fulvus.] Fulvous. [R.] Dr. H.
More.
Ful"vous (?), a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of
gray and brown. Lindley.