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plump 1, adjective(dictionary)
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plump(1) (iou)



plump adjective1. L15.
[Middle & mod. Dutch plomp, Middle Low German plomp, plump blunt, obtuse, unshaken, blockish (whence German plump), perh. rel. to PLUMP verb1. In branch II cf. Middle Low German plumpich corpulent.]
I. Blunt, forthright; dull in intellect, blockish, rude. L15-E17.
Of an arrowhead: blunt and broad. Only in M16.
II.
Esp. of a person, animal, or part of the body: having a full rounded shape; fleshy; chubby; filled out. Also fig. (colloq.), rich, abundant; full and round in tone; big; complete. M16.
F. Quarles Will no plump Fee Bribe thy false fists? V. Nabokov Nice, plump,..glossy red strawberries positively crying to be bitten into. H. Carpenter Fanny is..distinctly plump, if not positively fat. K. Lette The unmistakably plump vowels of his mother.
plumpen verb trans. & intrans. (rare) make or become plump L17.
plumpish adjective somewhat plump M18.
plumpishness noun L20.
plumply adverb1 E17.
plumpness noun1 M16.
plumpy adjective characterized by plumpness; plump: E17.