plumptitude

Noun

plumptitude (countable and uncountable, plural plumptitudes)

1. (humorous, uncountable) The quality or state of being plump.
   • His own sister is happy to oblige his fondness for rich fare and both are cushion-rump'd, with Mr. Butterwerthe's posterior greatly resembling that of his own sister's in its plumptitude.2004, Pamala-Suzette Deane, My Story Being this: Details of the Life of Mary Williams Magahee, Lady of ...
2. (countable, humorous, rare) Something that is plump.
   • At the close of the second act the Viennese dancers tripped upon the stage. These, as you know, are twenty or thirty children, apparently from five years old to ten, who dress and dance like full-grown dancing girls, and produce astonishing effects by their well-drilled combinations. They are...1845 August 2, N[athaniel] P[arker] W[illis], “Number Three. […]”, in United States Saturday Post, volume XXVI, number 1253, Philadelphia, Pa., page [2], column 1
   • Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of genius under the soporific influence of the summer solstice; for, be assured that a vertical sun, however it may dulcify and mature cherries, plums, and other fruital “plumptitudes,” is by no means favorable to the development of intellectual products.1854 January, “A New York Editor”, quotee, “Mirror of Apothegm, Wit, Repartee, and Anecdote”, in The Ladies’ Repository, volume XIV, number 1, page 45, column 1