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Noun: fulsomeness  fûl-sum-nus
  1. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
    - unction, smarm
     
  2. Smug self-serving earnestness
    - oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction

Derived forms: fulsomenesses

See also: fulsome

Type of: compliment, hypocrisy

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