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Fulsome again
published: Friday | December 14, 2007
THE EDITOR, Sir:
IT HAS become fashionable these days to misuse (and abuse) the word 'fulsome', to give it a meaning that suggests 'comprehensive' or something more full than 'full'.
In the December 11 edition of Gleaner, the public defender, in response to Mr. Robert Montague's apology, was quoted as saying, "I express profound relief that it has come in such fulsome and unreserved terms". Not to be outdone, our Prime Minister was seen on television noting that he was satisfied that the apology given by Mr. Montague was "fulsome enough".
In his letter in The Gleaner of Friday, September 28, Peter Maxwell wrote that four British and two American dictionaries had confirmed that the word 'fulsome' normally describes something that is excessive, offensive or insincere. Further, a note on its usage, in the 2000 edition of The New Penguin English Dictionary, is particularly helpful:
"In its standard modern meaning, fulsome is a strongly uncomplimentary word. Fulsome praise is embarrassingly excessive or insincerely flattering. Though fulsome derives originally from a word meaning 'abundant', its use in a positive sense to mean 'copious', 'very full' or 'lavish' should be avoided for fear of misunderstanding."
I agree, Mr. Maxwell; we really miss The Gleaner's 'Mary Smith' column.
Pecksniffian
CHAPTER XIV
DON QUIXOTE
To include Don Quixote in English Literature is a piece of
impudence, though a lesser one than the inclusion in it of a religious anthology of the Jews, collected by them during a period of a thousand years, called the Bible. But though Don Quixote has taken his place with Hamlet, Joseph, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver, Mr. Pecksniff, and Alice, his true character is not yet recognised either in his own country or that of his adoption. Of the work of Cervantes more than that of any other, are Goethe's words true, that a poet has to be taught his own meaning. The genius is hardly aware of the significance of his performance, since so much of it is the God that speaks through him as a mouthpiece. In the case of Don Quixote this is further complicated by the fact that Cervantes, in the Second Part of Don Quixote, destroys, unconsciously, his own creation in the First Part.
問題是 Joseph 是誰
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chuzzlewit - 頁庫存檔 - 類似內容 Pecksniff | Define Pecksniff at Dictionary.coma person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to. Use pecksniff in a Sentence · See images of pecksniff ...[形]偽善的な, 猫をかぶった. ▼C. Dickensの作品Martin Chuzzlewit（1843-44）の登場人物Seth Pecksniffの名から.
–noun
a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
Peck·sniff·i·an[pek-snif-ee-uh n]  Show IPA
–adjective ( often lowercase
)
hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
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NOUN
Archaic spelling of magic.
- Then the magick seems pretty real, and you just start to question your sanity from time to time.
- Any magick I get involved with is with a positive intent and it always seems to come out right in the end.
- The motivation behind doing magick is probably as diverse as the branches of magick.
unctuous
ADJECTIVE1Excessively flattering or ingratiating; oily:
Derivatives
unctuously
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'greasy'): from medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus'anointing', from unguere 'anoint'.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'greasy'): from medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus'anointing', from unguere 'anoint'.
unctuous
- 音節
- unc • tu • ous
- 発音
- ʌ'ŋktʃuəs
[形]
1 ((形式))いやに気どった, きざな；愛想がよすぎる；口先のうまい.
2 油性の；油を含んだ, 油ぎった.
3 〈鉱物などが〉すべすべした感じの.
ùnc・tu・ós・i・ty, ・ness
[名]
unc・tu・ous・ly
[副]ding
- ding
- 発音
- díŋ
- dingの変化形
- dings (複数形) • dinged (過去形) • dinged (過去分詞) • dinging (現在分詞) • dings (三人称単数現在)
[動](他)(自)
1 〈鐘などを［が］〉ガンガン鳴らす［鳴る］；ゴーンゴーンと鳴らす［鳴る］.
2 ((略式))（…を）くどくど繰り返す［念を押す］.
━━[名]
1 鐘の（鳴る）音.
2 小さな傷；車などのへこみ.......我突然想到當年美國國務卿 Colin Powell 閃辭時，紐約時報專欄作家 William Safire 正參加電視談話節目，立刻嘲諷說，Colin Powell 連 fulsome 這個字都用錯了，它雖然有十分感謝他人誇獎讚美之意，但 通常是針對巧言令色，非出於誠摯的肺腑之言而發。Col in Powell 只能無奈表示 “ Safire is getting arrogant in his old age.”......
fulsome (fʊl'səm)
adj.
- Offensively flattering or insincere. See synonyms at unctuous.
- Offensive to the taste or sensibilities.
- Usage Problem. Copious or abundant.
[Middle English fulsom, abundant, well-fed, arousing disgust : ful, full; see full1 + -som, adj. suff.; see -some1.]
fulsomely ful'some·ly adv.
fulsomeness ful'some·ness n.
USAGE NOTE Fulsome is often used to mean "offensively flattering or insincere." But the word is also used, particularly in the expression fulsome praise, to mean simply "abundant," without any implication of excess or insincerity. This usage is etymologically justified but may invite misunderstandings in contexts in which a deprecatory interpretation could be made. The sentence I offer you my most fulsome apologies may raise an eyebrow, where the use of an adjective like full or abundant would leave no room for doubt as to the sincerity of the speaker's intentions.
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minister to someone or something
- minister
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- minister of state
- 1 （英国の各省内）担当大臣, 閣外相：省大臣と政務次官の間の地位.2 大臣, 閣僚.
- minister plenipotentiary
- 全権使節.
- ministerial
- [形]1 （主にヨーロッパ諸国で）内閣の；政府の；大臣の the ministerial benches（英国下院の）政府［与党］の席.2 〈物・事が〉聖職の, 聖職者にふさわしい a mini...
- ministerialist
- [名]((英))与党議員［支持者］.
- ministering angel
- 救いの天使（看護婦など）.
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