plumpy

Plump; fat; sleek.

Adjective

  1. Plump; fat; sleek.
    • "We're here t' greet ye," piped a plumpy little girl, pulling at Cal's sleeve. - 2010, Donald Meikle, Twowinter Tales, page 73:

Origin

Etymology tree Middle English plump English plump English -y English plumpy From plump + -y.

Forms

plumpier plumpiest

Derived

plumpiness

Noun

  1. A fat person or thing.
    • The most famous of all the animals of Mauritius is a large, gentle dove. A remarkably large dove, in fact: its weight is closest to that of a well-fed turkey. Its wings long ago gave up the idea of lifting such a plumpy...
    • It was ladies' league night at the bowling alley, and when he stood in the bar looking out at the lanes he picked out her trim figure on lane 7 in a gaggle of plumpies. - 2007, Jim Harrison, Julip, page 112:

Forms

plumpies