fulsomeness
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Aside from the fulsomeness of the introductory language, there does not seem to be much opportunity for comedy here.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cecil Rhodes, of course, had declared himself officially in accord with the High Commissioner, and even praised him to a degree of fulsomeness.
From Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess
When the Imperial government was established the old regicide made himself conspicuous even among the crowd of flatterers by the peculiar fulsomeness of his adulation.
From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
The lines on Lord Lansdowne offend the more from the fulsomeness of the adulation.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
Vogelstein's arrogance melted once more into fulsomeness as he said, almost forgetting his Goodnight to us, "I'm sure it's very good of you, Mr. Morrison."
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett