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Noun: fulsomeness  fûl-sum-nus
  1. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
    "The politician's speech was full of fulsomeness, lacking any real substance";
    - unction, smarm [informal]
     
  2. Smug self-serving earnestness
    "The salesman's fulsomeness made customers uncomfortable";
    - oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess [informal], unctuousness, unction

Type of: compliment, hypocrisy