Sport

Arrows and Chiefs in ‘Glamour Game’ battle

WHEN Kaizer Chiefs and Eleven Arrows clash at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tomorrow afternoon, they are... [more]

Marketplace

Epangelo Mining sets ambitious targets

THE latest State-owned enterprise that has arrived on the scene, Epangelo Mining Company, has set... [more]

Africa

Ruff n’ Smooth

The name Big Brother Africa is not only synonymous with all the action and drama that goes down in... [more]

World

UK PM draws fire with frank talk

NEW DELHI – British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed a plain-speaking streak during a tour... [more]

Environment

Big boy

The Ontouka Reptile Park at Kempinski Mokuti Lodge near Namibia’s flagship Etosha National Park was... [more]

Columns

Political Perspective

PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has always been known as a straight-talking man, and while I haven’t... [more]

Notable Quotes

The way she left us. You get these thoughts – how were her last hours, what were her last thoughts... [more]

About The South Africanisation of Namibian industries

I WAS glad when the central bank blocked the sale of a controlling stake in Namibian financial... [more]

Top Stories

Outrage over murder

JUNIAS Fillipus, also known as Mwamenange, aged 32 and unemployed, is the man accused of raping and murdering schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels in an incident that shocked Namibia this week. [more]

GIPF trustees had bread buttered on both sides

A NUMBER of Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) trustees have been accused of conflict of interest for granting loans to companies on which they served as directors. [more]

Namibians react to brutal slaying

Yesterday, The Namibian received countless responses from the public on the brutal rape and murder of Magdalena Stoffels. Here, we capture the essence of what people are feeling and saying: A Police officer wrote: “If I was the arresting officer of [more]

Girl’s killing condemned

THE horror slaying of Magdalena Stoffels has unleashed a storm of condemnation from across the country and she is set to become the face of the voiceless victims of violence in Namibia following the tsunami of emotion that has erupted since her viole [more]

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Fulsome( (FUL-suhm) ) adjective

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1.    Effusive; lavish.
2.    Excessive to the point of being offensive.

Etymology: A combination of the words full and -some (having a particular quality).

Usage: “Dacres offered Hull fulsome compliments on the courage and performance of his men.” Ian W Toll; Blood Brothers; The Economist (London, UK); November 4 2006. “One tires of the fulsome endorsement, the blizzard of exclamation points, the arch locutions.” Daniel Aaron; Belle du Jour; The New Republic (Washington, DC); February 2 1998.

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