Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FULSOMELY
unctuously, smarmily, fulsomely
(adverb) in an unctuous manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
fulsomely (comparative more fulsomely, superlative most fulsomely)
In a fulsome manner
Source: Wiktionary
FULSOME
Ful"some, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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