Fŭl'sōme, a.

a. [A.-S. ful, foul, q.v., and the term some.] 1. Full; having fullness. [Obs.] This lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding. 2. Offending or disgusting by over-fullness, excess, or grossness; rank; gross; nauseous; also, coarse, obscene; as, fulsome flattery, compliments, or artifices. “Fulsome ewes.” Shak. Chaste and modest as he [Persius] is esteemed, it can not be denied that in some places he is broad and fulsome. Dryden.