plummy
/ˈplʌmi/
plummy adjective: of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
Adjective
plummy (comparative plummier, superlative plummiest)
- Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
- The jam had a rich plummy aroma.
- 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
- Rich, mellow and carefully articulated, especially with an upper-class accent.
- plummy-voiced
- Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant.1948, Michael Glenne, Catherine Howard: The Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen, page 137
plummy meaning in Malayalam
plummy in Malayalam
- upper-class, refined, aristocratic
- സംസ്കൃതമായ, ആഢ്യത്വമുള്ള, അഭിജാതമായ, ഉപരിവർഗ്ഗ, വരേണ്യ, സ്ഫുടം ചെയ്ത
Examples of plummy in a sentence
- Ludovic's deferential voice ("after what's happened, Sir, don't you think it will be more suitable") suddenly turns from its plummy to the plebeian key ("to shut your bloody trap").1968, Harry John Mooney, Thomas F. Staley, The Shapeless God: Essays on Modern Fiction, page 85:
- The fact that David Cameron, the conservative prime minister, is a plummy-voiced, Eton-educated, upper-class Brit from central casting has played into [Alex] Salmond's hands.2014 March 31, Roger Cohen, “The case for Scotland”, in The New York Times:
- But a plummy-voiced Labour peer, Baron Peter Hain, decided to defy the court order, invoking his parliamentary privilege to identify Mr.2018 October 26, Ellen Barry, Amie Tsang, “London’s King of Retail Fashion, Brought Low by #MeToo”, in New York Times:
- Reviewing a collection of Tom Wolfe’s journalism, Hitchens deplored Wolfe’s affectations and his plummy conservative politics.2024 January 1, Dwight Garner, “Want to Feel, Intellectually, Like Someone Is Rotating Your Tires?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms of plummy
| comparative | plummier |
|---|---|
| superlative | plummiest |
Origin of plummy
From plum + -y. In the sense of a voice, because of the supposed similarity to speaking with a plum in one's mouth.
Words formed from plummy
Words that rhyme with plummy
Questions about plummy
- What does plummy mean?
- Plummy means of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of plums.
- What is plummy in Malayalam?
- Plummy in Malayalam is സംസ്കൃതമായ, ആഢ്യത്വമുള്ള, അഭിജാതമായ. See Plummy meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use plummy in a sentence?
- Ludovic's deferential voice ("after what's happened, Sir, don't you think it will be more suitable") suddenly turns from its plummy to the plebeian key ("to shut your bloody trap").
- What part of speech is plummy?
- Plummy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce plummy?
- Plummy is pronounced /ˈplʌmi/.
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