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pumy

/ˈpjuːmi/

pumy adjective: large and rounded.

Adjective

pumy (comparative more pumy, superlative most pumy)

  1. (obsolete) large and rounded
    • A gentle streame, whose murmuring waue did play / Emongst the pumy stones1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30

Noun

pumy (plural pumies)

  1. (obsolete) pebble; stone
    • From bough to bough he lepped light ,
      And oft the pumies latched1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Ægloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Forms of pumy

Adjective
comparativemore pumy
superlativemost pumy
Noun
pluralpumies

Origin of pumy

Compare dialectal English pummer (“big, large”), and pomey (“pommel”).

Words formed from pumy

Phrases with pumy

Questions about pumy

What does pumy mean?
Pumy means large and rounded.
What part of speech is pumy?
Pumy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce pumy?
Pumy is pronounced /ˈpjuːmi/.

Words near pumy in the dictionary

  1. pumpwood
  2. pumpwoods
  3. pumpy
  4. pumsae
  5. pumse
  6. pumy
  7. pumy stone
  8. pumy stones
  9. Pumé
  10. pun
  11. pun intended

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