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plummiest

plummiest is the superlative form of plummy.

Meaning of plummy

Adjective

plummy (comparative plummier, superlative plummiest)

  1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
    • The jam had a rich plummy aroma.
  2. (informal) Desirable; profitable; advantageous.
    • The poets have made tragedies enough about signing one's self over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy; I shall write a tragedy of a fellow who signed himself over to be good, and was uncomfortable ever after.1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 16, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC
  3. Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.
    • plummy-voiced

Questions about plummiest

What is plummiest the superlative form of?
Plummiest is the superlative form of plummy.

Words near plummiest in the dictionary

  1. plummetless
  2. plummets
  3. plummetted
  4. plummetting
  5. plummier
  6. plummiest
  7. plummily
  8. plumminess
  9. plumming
  10. plummy
  11. plumodenticulate

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