English Explanatory Dictionary

foulsome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Characterised or marked by foulness or filth; filthy; (by extension) wretched.

Pronunciation

/ˈfaʊlsəm/

Word forms

foulsome more foulsome most foulsome

Etymology

A variant of fulsome, from Middle English fulsome (“arousing disgust, loathsome”), remodelled after foul. Equivalent to foul + -some. Cognate with Scots foulsome, fowsum.

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